GeForce GT 750M Mac Edition vs GT 540M

Place in the ranking	1038	670
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.47	6.05
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GF108	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 January 2011 (13 years ago)	8 November 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	384
Core clock speed	672 MHz	926 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.75	29.63
Floating-point processing power	0.258 TFLOPS	0.7112 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	16
TMUs	16	32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1254 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	80.26 GB/s
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

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
Optimus	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	+	3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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

GT 750M Mac Edition 4.34
+250%

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.

GT 540M 478

GT 750M Mac Edition 1673
+250%

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.

GT 540M 4355

GT 750M Mac Edition 10049
+131%

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.

GT 540M 760

GT 750M Mac Edition 1837
+142%

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.

GT 540M 7

GT 750M Mac Edition 11
+50.1%

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 −244%	55−60 +244%
Full HD	20 −250%	70−75 +250%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−233%

10−11

+233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Hitman 3	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −221%	45−50 +221%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −238%	27−30 +238%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −233%	110−120 +233%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Hitman 3	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −221%	45−50 +221%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −238%	27−30 +238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −218%	35−40 +218%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −233%	110−120 +233%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Hitman 3	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −221%	45−50 +221%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −238%	27−30 +238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −218%	35−40 +218%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −233%	110−120 +233%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−250%

7−8
+250%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Hitman 3	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
−250%

14−16

+250%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
−233%

10−11

+233%

This is how GT 540M and GT 750M Mac Edition compete in popular games:

GT 750M Mac Edition is 244% faster in 900p
GT 750M Mac Edition is 250% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.24	4.34
Recency	5 January 2011	8 November 2013
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt

GT 540M has 42.9% lower power consumption.

GT 750M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 250% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 750M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 540M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.