GeForce GT 540M vs 520M |
Released January, 2011
Nvidia GeForce GT 540M
- 672 MHz
- 1 GB DDR3
5.5 Out of 10
by Syed-Muhammad-Usman-Pirzada (Oct, 2013)Wow, #AsRock and #BMW DesignWorks USA’s #M8 Gaming Machine is a beauty.
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Released January, 2011
Nvidia GeForce GT 520M
- 672 MHz
- 1 GB DDR3
5.5 Out of 10
by Trace-Hagan (May, 2013)The range is powered by Kepler from bottom to top and brings great performance to mobile platforms.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 540M vs 520M among Laptop GPUs
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
Value | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
Noise and Power | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
No winner declared
Too close to call
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much better 3DMark06 score | 7,986 | vs | 502 | Around 16x better 3DMark06 score | |||
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| Much better T-Rex score | 3,169.32 | vs | 1,621.67 | More than 95% better T-Rex score | |||
| Better PassMark score | 650 | vs | 382 | More than 70% better PassMark score | |||
| Slightly better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 3,551 | vs | 1,825 | Around 95% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Wider memory bus | 128 bit | vs | 64 bit | 2x wider memory bus | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 900 MHz | vs | 800 MHz | Around 15% higher memory clock speed | |||
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| Better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 4,742.5 | vs | 888 | More than 5.2x better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
| Lower TDP | 12W | vs | 35W | 2.9x lower TDP | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GT 540M vs 520M
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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