GeForce GT 540M and HD Graphics 5500 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 540M vs HD Graphics 5500
GeForce GT 540M
493
HD Graphics 5500
598
GeForce GT 540M
HD Graphics 5500
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Gen. 8 Broadwell (2014−2015)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
Broadwell GT2
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
January 2015
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x1
Boost clock speed
-
950 MHz
Core clock speed
672 MHz
300 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
1,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
24
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
15 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
22.80
Memory type
DDR3
System Shared
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
System Shared
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
System Shared
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
+
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
12 (11_1)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
2.0
OpenGL
4.5
4.4
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.80
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-