Quadro FX 3800 and GeForce GT 540M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Quadro FX 3800 vs GeForce GT 540M
Quadro FX 3800
821
GeForce GT 540M
493
Quadro FX 3800
GeForce GT 540M
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GT200B
N12P-GS
Market segment
Workstation
Laptop
Release date
March 2009
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
672 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
462.3 gflops
258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
96
Power consumption (TDP)
108 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
38.40
10.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1600 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
No outputs
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 API
CUDA
1.3
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
4.5
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
Optimus
-
+