GeForce GT 540M and GeForce 9600 GSO 512 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 540M vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
339
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
G94
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
October 2008
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
6-pin
SLI options
-
2-way
Core clock speed
672 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
96
48
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
48
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
90 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
15.6 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Two Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
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
+
-