NVIDIA NVS 5400M
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.
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| NVS 5000M Series | | NVS 5400M | 96 @ 0.66 GHz | 128 Bit @ 1800 MHz | NVS 5200M  | 96 @ 0.63 GHz | 64 Bit @ 1800 MHz |
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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 |
| DirectX | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 |
| technology | 40 / 28 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 |
Benchmarks
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 1258 avg: 1261 median: 1260.5 (3%) max: 1263 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1113 avg: 1119 median: 1119 (2%) max: 1125 Points
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 5190 avg: 5198 median: 5197.5 (5%) max: 5205 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 0%
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 4385 avg: 4407 median: 4406.5 (4%) max: 4428 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 -1%
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3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 22733 avg: 22844 median: 22844 (12%) max: 22955 Points
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3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 18021 avg: 18136 median: 18136 (26%) max: 18251 Points
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ATI Radeon HD 5850 2%
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +min: 9170 avg: 9193 median: 9192.5 (17%) max: 9215 Points
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SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
2.3 fps (2%)
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specvp11 tcvis-02 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
min: 0.88 avg: 0.9 median: 0.9 (1%) max: 0.91 fps
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specvp11 sw-02 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
min: 7.86 avg: 8.2 median: 8.2 (10%) max: 8.53 fps
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specvp11 proe-05 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
min: 1.15 avg: 1.2 median: 1.2 (5%) max: 1.2 fps
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specvp11 maya-03 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 7.9 avg: 9 median: 8.9 (7%) max: 9.99 fps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 -84%
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specvp11 lightwave-01 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
min: 12.58 avg: 13.7 median: 13.7 (15%) max: 14.77 fps
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specvp11 ensight-04 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
min: 11.28 avg: 11.3 median: 11.3 (5%) max: 11.31 fps
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specvp11 catia-03 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
min: 4.53 avg: 4.5 median: 4.5 (6%) max: 4.54 fps
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
6.7 Points (85%)
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
5.1 Points (65%)
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 5647 avg: 6012 median: 6012 (28%) max: 6377 points
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 27.79 avg: 28 median: 28 (12%) max: 28.12 fps
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks
The 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.
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ATI Radeon HD 5850 6%
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ATI Radeon HD 5850 88%
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ATI Radeon HD 5850 -10%
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ATI Radeon HD 5850 -7%
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