GeForce GT 540M and GeForce GT 520MX - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 540M vs GeForce GT 520MX
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce GT 520MX
288
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce GT 520MX
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
N12P-GVR
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
May 2011
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Core clock speed
672 MHz
900 MHz
CUDA cores
96
48
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
172.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
292 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
48
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
20 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
7.2 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
+