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NVIDIA NVS 5400M

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.

NVS 5000M Series

NVS 5400M 96 @ 0.66 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
NVS 5200M compare 96 @ 0.63 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameN13P-NS1
ArchitectureFermi
Pipelines96 - unified
Core Speed660 MHz
Shader Speed1320 MHz
Memory Speed1800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.0
Power Consumption35 Watt
technology40 nm
FeaturesOptimus Support, PureVideo HD VP4, 3D Vision, 3DTV Play, Bitstream HD Audio, CUDA, DirectCompute, OpenCL, OpenGL 4.0, DirectX 11
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement01.06.2012

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 9170     avg: 9193     median: 9192.5 (12%)     max: 9215 Points
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
specvp11 sw-02 +
specvp11 proe-05 +
specvp11 maya-03 +
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
specvp11 ensight-04 +
specvp11 catia-03 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* 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.

low 1024x768
40  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
37  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
13  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
78 83 ~ 81 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
52.1 60 ~ 56 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
32.2 35 ~ 34 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
103  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
67  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
58  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
35  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
36  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
24  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
19  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
60  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
41  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
25  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Alan Wake

Alan Wake

2012
low 1024x768
32  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
19.9  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
96 96 ~ 96 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
37 38.8 ~ 38 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
24 24.6 ~ 24 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
53  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
36  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
28  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
157  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
80  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
43  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
25  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
40  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
27  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
21  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
45  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
40  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
21  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
F1 2011

F1 2011

2011
low 800x600
79  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
46  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
44  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
16  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
118.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
48  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Max Payne 3403713
Dirt Showdown81563412
Diablo III103675835
Risen 2: Dark Waters3624199
Mass Effect 3604125
Alan Wake3219.9
Anno 207096382412
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim53362814
CoD: Modern Warfare 3157804325
Battlefield 34027218
Batman: Arkham City454021
F1 201179464416
Deus Ex Human Revolution118.748
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