GeForce GT 540M and Quadro K500M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 540M vs Quadro K500M
GeForce GT 540M
493
Quadro K500M
494
GeForce GT 540M
Quadro K500M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
N12P-GS
N14M-Q1
Market segment
Laptop
Mobile workstation
Release date
January 2011
June 2012
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
MXM-A (3.0)
Core clock speed
672 MHz
850 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
1,270 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
192
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
13.60
Memory type
DDR3
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
+
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
+