GeForce GT 540M and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 540M vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
G84
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
April 2007
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
SLI options
-
+
Core clock speed
672 MHz
540 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
32
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
47 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
No outputs
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-