NVIDIA GeForce 310M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
NVIDIA GeForce 310M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
859
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Value for money (0-100)
6.48
GT2xx
Architecture
Fermi
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Code name
GF108
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Type
Laptop
10 January 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
$163
Price now
$283
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Value for money
0.05
N11M-GE1
GPU code name
N12P-GS
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
96
606 / 625 MHz
Core clock speed
672 MHz
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Transistor count
585 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
4.848
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
48.96 gflops
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
16
CUDA cores
96
73
Gigaflops
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16
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
260 million
Number of transistors
585 million
14 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
35 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
None
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M can be seen in this section.

GDDR3, DDR3
Memory type
DDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
900 MHz
10.67 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M, the size and number of monitors.

DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Multi monitor support
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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+
HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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CUDA
+
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Optimus
+
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3D Gaming
+
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3D Blu-Ray
+
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+
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DirectCompute
+
8.0
Power management
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_1)
DirectX
12 API
3.3
OpenGL
4.5
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
4.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.1
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 310M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 310M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 310M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 310M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 310M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 310M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Cheaper ($163 vs $283)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

1.31% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (28.8 GB/s vs 10.67 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 310M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M .

NVIDIA GeForce 310M versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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