GeForce GT 540M and GeForce 8600M GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 540M vs GeForce 8600M GT
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce 8600M GT
92
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce 8600M GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
G84M
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
June 2007
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
MXM-II
Core clock speed
672 MHz
475 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
60.8 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
20 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
7.600
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR3, GDDR2
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
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-