GeForce GT 540M and GeForce4 MX 420 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 540M vs GeForce4 MX 420
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce4 MX 420
4
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce4 MX 420
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
NV17 A3
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
February 2002
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Core clock speed
672 MHz
250 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
29 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
-
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
1.000
Memory type
DDR3
SDR
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
166 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
1.328 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
12 API
8.0
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
4.5
1.3
Shader Model
5.1
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-