GeForce GT 540M and GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 540M vs GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
12926
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
GN20-E3 GA106
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
January 2021
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 4.0 x16
Boost clock speed
-
1702 MHz
Core clock speed
672 MHz
817 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
3840
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
171.0
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
2.0
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-