GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce GT 540M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8800 GTX vs GeForce GT 540M
GeForce 8800 GTX
608
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce GT 540M
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
G80
N12P-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
November 2006
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
-
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
672 MHz
CUDA cores
575
96
Floating-point performance
345.6 gflops
258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
681 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
96
Power consumption (TDP)
155 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
36.8 billion/sec
10.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
768 MB
2 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
86.4 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
+
+
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
-
+