GeForce GT 540M and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile - video card comparison
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
January 2023
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
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Boost clock speed
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1492 MHz
Core clock speed
672 MHz
1237 MHz
CUDA cores
96
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Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
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Memory type
DDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Display Connectors
No outputs
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DirectX
12 API
12_2
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
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OpenGL
4.5
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Shader Model
5.1
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Vulkan
N/A
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3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
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