The NVIDIA NVS 5400M is a middle-class graphics card for laptops and is based on the consumer GeForce GT 630M / 540M chip but with lower clock rates. At its core, the NVS 5400M is a 40nm GF108 Fermi chip with DirectX 11 support. The NVS series of mobile graphics cards is optimized for business applications (such as CAD or DCC) and stability.
More details on the GF108 architecture can be found on the dedicated page of the GeForce GT 435M.
Performance
The performance of the NVS 5400M is slightly below the GeForce GT 630M due to the reduced core clock (660 MHz, 800 MHz Turbo). Nevertheless, most games of 2012 run fluently in medium detail settings.
Features
A novelty of the GF104, GF106 and GF108 chips is the support for Bitstream HD Audio (Blu-Ray) via HDMI. Similar to the Radeon HD 5730, the NVS 5400M can transfer Dolby True HD and DTS-HD bitstream without quality loss to a HiFi receiver.
The NVS5400M offers PureVideo HD technology for video decoding using the GPU. The integrated Video Processor 4 (VP4) supports feature set C and is able to fully decode MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 ASP - e.g., DivX or Xvid), VC-1/WMV9, and H.264 (VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation, and Deblocking). Furthermore, the GPU is able to decode two 1080p streams simultaneously (e.g., for Blu-Ray Picture-in-Picture).
Through CUDA, OpenCL, and DirectCompute 2.1 support, the NVS 5400M can assist in general calculations. For example, the stream processor can encode videos considerably faster than can a modern CPU. Furthermore, physics calculations can be done by the GPU using PhysX (supported in Mafia 2 and Metro 2033). However, the GPU is generally not powerful enough to support both PhysX and high detail game settings at reasonable frame rates.
The power consumption of the graphics card should be similar to the GeForce GT 435M and is therefore suited for 15" or larger laptops. If idle, the chip is clocked at approximately 50/101/137 MHz (chip/shader/memory, respectively) in 2D mode and at 202/405/324 MHz in 3D mode to save power. Furthermore, the Fermi chip supports Optimus to automatically switch between the integrated Intel graphics card and the Nvidia GPU. The implementation of Optimus, however, is dependent on the laptop manufacturer.
NVS 5000M Series
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| Codename | N13P-NS1 | ||||||
| Architecture | Fermi | ||||||
| Pipelines | 96 - unified | ||||||
| Core Speed | 660 MHz | ||||||
| Shader Speed | 1320 MHz | ||||||
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | ||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit | ||||||
| Memory Type | DDR3 | ||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 2048 MB | ||||||
| Shared Memory | no | ||||||
| API | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.0 | ||||||
| Power Consumption | 35 Watt | ||||||
| technology | 40 nm | ||||||
| Features | Optimus Support, PureVideo HD VP4, 3D Vision, 3DTV Play, Bitstream HD Audio, CUDA, DirectCompute, OpenCL, OpenGL 4.0, DirectX 11 | ||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | ||||||
| Date of Announcement | 01.06.2012 | ||||||
- Average benchmark valuesThe following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Payne 3 | 40 | 37 | 13 | |||
| Dirt Showdown | 81 | 56 | 34 | 12 | ||
| Diablo III | 103 | 67 | 58 | 35 | ||
| Risen 2: Dark Waters | 36 | 24 | 19 | 9 | ||
| Mass Effect 3 | 60 | 41 | 25 | |||
| Alan Wake | 32 | 19.9 | ||||
| Anno 2070 | 96 | 38 | 24 | 12 | ||
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 53 | 36 | 28 | 14 | ||
| CoD: Modern Warfare 3 | 157 | 80 | 43 | 25 | ||
| Battlefield 3 | 40 | 27 | 21 | 8 | ||
| Batman: Arkham City | 45 | 40 | 21 | |||
| F1 2011 | 79 | 46 | 44 | 16 | ||
| Deus Ex Human Revolution | 118.7 | 48 | ||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 6 6 1 | 3 6 2 | 6 6 | 8 1 | | |
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