GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GT 540M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce GT 540M
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GT 540M
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GT200
N12P-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
June 2008
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
-
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
672 MHz
CUDA cores
192
96
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
96
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
10.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
2 GB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
4.5
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
Optimus
-
+