GeForce GT 540M vs GT 740M

Place in performance ranking	836	1000
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.16	0.05
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	N14P-GV2, ...	N12P-GS
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 March 2013 (11 years old)	6 January 2011 (13 years old)
Current price	$310	$283

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 740M has 220% better value for money than GT 540M.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	96
CUDA cores	no data	96
Core clock speed	810 MHz	672 MHz
Boost clock speed	980 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	915 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	31.36	10.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	752.6 gflops	258.05 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 740M and GeForce GT 540M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Standard memory configuration	DDR3/GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 - 1800 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	28.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP content protection	+	no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	no data	+
Blu-Ray 3D Support	+	no data
3D Gaming	no data	+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play	+	no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	12 API
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 740M 2.04
+64.5%

GT 540M 1.24

GT 740M outperforms GT 540M by 65% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 740M 791
+64.8%

GT 540M 480

GT 740M outperforms GT 540M by 65% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 740M 6591
+51.3%

GT 540M 4355

GT 740M outperforms GT 540M by 51% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 740M 1848
+108%

GT 540M 888

GT 740M outperforms GT 540M by 108% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 740M 1151
+51.4%

GT 540M 760

GT 740M outperforms GT 540M by 51% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GT 740M 3837
+81.1%

GT 540M 2119

GT 740M outperforms GT 540M by 81% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GT 740M 10
+42.9%

GT 540M 7

GT 740M outperforms GT 540M by 43% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	24−27 +50%	16 −50%
Full HD	16 −25%	20 +25%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+25%

4−5

−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
Hitman 3	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
Hitman 3	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7 +75%	4−5 −75%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4 +0%	4−5 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%