GeForce GT 540M and GeForce GT 720M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 540M vs GeForce GT 720M
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce GT 720M
475
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce GT 720M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
N14M-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
April 2013
Bus support
-
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x8
Boost clock speed
-
938 MHz
Core clock speed
672 MHz
625 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
96
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
33 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
12.13
Memory type
DDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
-
DDR3
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support
-
Up to 2560x1600
LVDS signal support
-
Up to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display support
-
Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
-
Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
-
+
HDMI
-
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
-
+
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
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Blu-Ray 3D Support
-
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
-
+
Optimus
+
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
-
+