Quadro NVS 5100M vs GeForce GT 540M

Place in performance ranking	1006	1085
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	0.04
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name	N12P-GS	N10P-NS
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Current price	$283	$105

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 540M has 25% better value for money than NVS 5100M.

Detailed specifications

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	96	48
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	672 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.8 billion/sec	no data
Floating-point performance	258.05 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 540M and Quadro NVS 5100M 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	large	medium sized
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	no data

VRAM capacity and type

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	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

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 data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	10.1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	+	no data

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 540M 1.24
+33.3%

NVS 5100M 0.93

GeForce GT 540M outperforms Quadro NVS 5100M by 33% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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 540M 4355
+65.3%

NVS 5100M 2634

GeForce GT 540M outperforms Quadro NVS 5100M by 65% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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	16 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
Full HD	19 +35.7%	14−16 −35.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Hitman 3	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Hitman 3	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3
+100%

1−2

−100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%