GeForce GT 540M and GeForce GT 220 OEM - video card comparison
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce GT 220 OEM
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
GT215
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
October 2009
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Core clock speed
672 MHz
506 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
97.15 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
48
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
58 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
8.096
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
1.2
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-