
GeForce 8800 GTS 512 and GeForce GT 540M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8800 GTS 512 vs GeForce GT 540M
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
585
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GeForce GT 540M
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
G92
N12P-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
December 2007
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
-
Core clock speed
650 MHz
672 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
416.0 gflops
258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
96
Power consumption (TDP)
135 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
41.60
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
1640 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
52.48 GB/s
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
No outputs
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 API
CUDA
1.1
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
4.5
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
Optimus
-
+