GeForce GT 540M and Arc A550M - video card comparison
GeForce GT 540M
Arc A550M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Xe HPG (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
Alchemist
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
March 2022
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 4.0 x16
Boost clock speed
-
2005 MHz
Core clock speed
672 MHz
900 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
6 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
21,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
16
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
80 Watt (60 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
115.2
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
192.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
3.0
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.6
Vulkan
N/A
1.3
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-