NVS 5400M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
NVS 5400M provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 1.42% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090 D.
Contents
Summary
NVIDIA started NVS 5400M sales 1 June 2012. This is a Fermi architecture notebook card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 2 GB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.9 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 28.8 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM interface. Power consumption is at 35 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about NVS 5400M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 1003 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 3.17 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | |
| GPU code name | GF108 | |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | |
| Release date | 1 June 2012 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
NVS 5400M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of NVS 5400M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 96 | of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| Core clock speed | 660 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Number of transistors | 585 million | of 185,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI350X) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 10.56 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2534 TFLOPS | of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 4 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 16 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of NVS 5400M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Interface | MXM |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on NVS 5400M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | of 16000 GB/s (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Shared memory | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on NVS 5400M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by NVS 5400M, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of NVS 5400M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good NVS 5400M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 17 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | |
| Fortnite | 5−6 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 2−3 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11 | |
| Valorant | 35−40 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 30−35 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Dota 2 | 18−20 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | |
| Fortnite | 5−6 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 2−3 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 2−3 | |
| Metro Exodus | 2−3 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8 | |
| Valorant | 35−40 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Dota 2 | 18−20 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8 | |
| Valorant | 35−40 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 5−6 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 10−11 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16 | |
| Valorant | 7−8 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | |
| Valorant | 8−9 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Dota 2 | 2−3 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 3−4 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to NVS 5400M is FirePro M5800, which is slower by 10% and lower by 36 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to NVS 5400M:
Similar GPUs
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