GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GT 540M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8800 GT vs GeForce GT 540M
GeForce 8800 GT
495
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce GT 540M
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
G92
N12P-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
October 2007
January 2011
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
-
SLI options
2-way
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
672 MHz
CUDA cores
112
96
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
96
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
10.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
4.5
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit
-
Optimus
-
+