GeForce GT 550M vs GeForce GT 540M
Summary
GeForce GT 550M
135%
GeForce GT 540M
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 550M |
| Around 35% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 550M
The GeForce GT 550M is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 550M | | GeForce GT 540M | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF108 (N12P-GT1-A1) | vs | GF108 (N12P-GS-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 116 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 585 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 96 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 740 MHz | vs | 672 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 550M | | GeForce GT 540M | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 550M | | GeForce GT 540M | |
|---|
| TDP | 35 watts | vs | 35 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Jan 2011 | vs | 5 Jan 2011 |
GeForce GT 550M
2.96 GP/s
GeForce GT 540M
2.68 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 550M
11.84 GT/s
GeForce GT 540M
10.75 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 550M
28.80 GB/s
GeForce GT 540M
28.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 550M
284.16 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 540M
258.05 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GT 550M
1340
GeForce GT 540M
990
Points (higher is better)