GeForce GT 540M and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
GP107
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
February 2019
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
-
1442 MHz
Core clock speed
672 MHz
1366 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
3,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
768
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
69.22
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
84.1 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-