GeForce GT 540M vs GeForce GT 630M

GeForce GT 540M
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 5 Jan 2011
GeForce GT 540M
GeForce GT 630M
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5MOBILE
Release date: 22 Mar 2012
GeForce GT 630M

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 540M
    100%
  • GeForce GT 630M
    107%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 540M

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 630M

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 7% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GT 630M

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 630M

The GeForce GT 630M is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 540MGeForce GT 630M
GPU NameGF108 (N12P-GS-A1)vsGF117 (N13P-GL-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size116 mm²vs116 mm²
Transistors585 millionvs585 million
Shaders96vs96
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock672 MHzvs800 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs16vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 540MGeForce GT 630M
Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
3600 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 540MGeForce GT 630M
TDP35 wattsvs33 watts
Release Date5 Jan 2011vs22 Mar 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 540M
    2.68 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 630M
    3.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 540M
    10.75 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 630M
    12.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 540M
    28.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 630M
    57.60 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 540M
    258.05 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 630M
    307.20 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 540M
    990
  • GeForce GT 630M
    1060

Points (higher is better)

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