RTX A4500 Mobile vs GeForce GT 540M

Place in the ranking	1040	76
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.47	22.51
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GF108	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	5 January 2011 (13 years ago)	22 March 2022 (2 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	5888
Core clock speed	672 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	140 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.75	276.0
Floating-point processing power	0.258 TFLOPS	17.66 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	96
TMUs	16	184
Tensor Cores	no data	184
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	46

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	large
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	512.0 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

Portable Device Dependent

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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

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

RTX A4500 Mobile 45.21
+3546%

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

RTX A4500 Mobile 17438
+3548%

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 −3338%	550−600 +3338%
Full HD	20 −3400%	700−750 +3400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3400%	35−40 +3400%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −3233%	100−105 +3233%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +17.9%	27−30 −17.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3400%	35−40 +3400%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −3233%	100−105 +3233%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +17.9%	27−30 −17.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3400%	35−40 +3400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +17.9%	27−30 −17.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−3400%

70−75
+3400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −3400%	35−40 +3400%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −3400%	35−40 +3400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3400%	35−40 +3400%
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −3400%	210−220 +3400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
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
+50%

2−3

−50%

This is how GT 540M and RTX A4500 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A4500 Mobile is 3338% faster in 900p
RTX A4500 Mobile is 3400% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 540M is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GT 540M is ahead in 28 tests (97%)
there's a draw in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.24	45.21
Recency	5 January 2011	22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	140 Watt

GT 540M has 300% lower power consumption.

RTX A4500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 3546% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 540M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 540M is a notebook graphics card while RTX A4500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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