GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce GT 540M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce GT 540M
GeForce GTX 580
4702
GeForce GT 540M
493
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GT 540M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GF110
N12P-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
November 2010
January 2011
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin and One 8-pin
-
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
772 MHz
672 MHz
CUDA cores
512
96
Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
3,000 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
96
Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
-
Texture fill rate
49.4 billion/sec
10.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
2 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
Optimus
-
+