Playstation 4 Pro GPU vs GeForce GT 540M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1035not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.45no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGF108Neo
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 January 2011 (13 years ago)10 November 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

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 cores962304
Core clock speed672 MHz911 MHz
Number of transistors585 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate10.75131.2
Floating-point processing power0.258 TFLOPS4.198 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs16144

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)IGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1700 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s217.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo 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.

DirectX12 APIN/A
Shader Model5.16.0
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.1
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2011 10 November 2016
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 150 Watt

GT 540M has 328.6% lower power consumption.

Playstation 4 Pro GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 540M and Playstation 4 Pro GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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