GeForce GT 540M and GeForce GT 230M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 540M vs GeForce GT 230M
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce GT 230M
218
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce GT 230M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
N10P-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
June 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Core clock speed
672 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
96
48
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
105.6 gflops
Gigaflops
-
158
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
486 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
48
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
8.000
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
Up to 1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
Up to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
HDA
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-
Power management
-
8.0