GeForce GT 540M and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 540M vs GeForce GT 240
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
GT215
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
November 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Core clock speed
672 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
96
96
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
96
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105C C
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
17.60
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.2
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-