NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M is a graphics card released on January 5, 2011, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 96 shading units, 1 GB of DDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus, 28.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 672 MHz and a 32 W board power rating. It scores 471 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.
Depth: 36 recorded fields, 4 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M scores 471 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 35% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,926), measured across 3,952 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 92.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M averages DirectX 9 11 fps, DirectX 10 2 fps, DirectX 11 3 fps and GPU Compute 268 ops/s, across 3,952 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 672 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-08-22. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M is based on the Fermi architecture and uses the GF108 graphics processor.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M has 96 shading units, 16 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M runs at a base clock of 672 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M is equipped with 1 GB of DDR3 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 28.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M has a board power rating of 32 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M was released on January 5, 2011.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M (Mobile).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M have?
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M has 1 GB of DDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 28.8 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M has a board power rating of 32 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M?
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M scores 471 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 35% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,926.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M use?
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M released?
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M was released on January 5, 2011.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
1 filled value
- Architecture: Fermi (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GF108 -> Fermi. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).
The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.
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