PowerVR SGX530 vs PowerVR SGX545 vs PowerVR SGX540

PowerVR SGX530

The PowerVR SGX530 is an integrated graphics card that can be found in mostly ARM based SoCs for tablets and smartphones. It offers 2 pixel and 1 vertex shaders that are usually clocked at 200 MHz. The GPU supports OpenGL ES 2.0 and was announced in July of 2005.

PowerVR SGX545

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The PowerVR SGX545 is an integrated graphics card in some of the Intel Atom Clover Trail SoCs (for example, the Atom Z2760). Technically, the SGX545 and the GMA 3650 of the Atom N28xx models are identical. The GPU would be theoretically capable of DirectX 10.1, but Intel's implementation officially supports only Direct3D 9_3.

In the case of the Atom Z2760, the SGX545 is clocked at 533 MHz. The performance is far behind AMD's Bobcat and Kabini/Temash APUs and even worse than many ARM SoCs such as Nvidia's Tegra 3. The GPU is therefore unsuitable for 3D gaming. 1080p videos, however, will play fluently.

Corresponding to the poor performance of the GPU, the power consumption is also very low. This allows the Z2760/SGX545 to be used in passively cooled tablets.

PowerVR SGX540

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The PowerVR SGX540 is an integrated graphics card that can be found in mostly ARM based SoCs for tablets and smartphones. It offers 4 pixel and 2 vertex shaders that are usually clocked at 200 MHz. The GPU supports OpenGL ES 2.0 and was announced in November of 2007.

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PowerVR SGX530

PowerVR SGX545

PowerVR SGX540

Manufacturer

PowerVR

PowerVR SGX500 Series

SGX554MP4	32
SGX543MP4	16
SGX543MP3	12
SGX543MP2	8
SGX545	4/2 cores @ 0.53 GHz
SGX544MP2	8/4 cores @ 0.3 - 0.53 GHz
SGX544	4/2 cores @ 0.38 GHz
SGX540	4/2 cores @ 0.2 GHz
SGX535	2/2 cores @ 0.2 GHz
SGX531	2/1 cores
SGX530	2/1 cores

SGX554MP4	32
SGX543MP4	16
SGX543MP3	12
SGX543MP2	8
SGX545	4/2 cores @ 0.53 GHz
SGX544MP2	8/4 cores @ 0.3 - 0.53 GHz
SGX544	4/2 cores @ 0.38 GHz
SGX540	4/2 cores @ 0.2 GHz
SGX535	2/2 cores @ 0.2 GHz
SGX531	2/1 cores
SGX530	2/1 cores

SGX554MP4	32
SGX543MP4	16
SGX543MP3	12
SGX543MP2	8
SGX545	4/2 cores @ 0.53 GHz
SGX544MP2	8/4 cores @ 0.3 - 0.53 GHz
SGX544	4/2 cores @ 0.38 GHz
SGX540	4/2 cores @ 0.2 GHz
SGX535	2/2 cores @ 0.2 GHz
SGX531	2/1 cores
SGX530	2/1 cores

Architecture

PowerVR SGX5

Pipelines

2 / 1 Pixel- / Vertexshader

4 / 2 Pixel- / Vertexshader

Shared Memory

Date of Announcement

01.06.2005

01.01.2010

01.01.2008

Core Speed

533 MHz

200 MHz

DirectX

DirectX 9_3/10.1, Shader 4.1

technology

32 nm

45 nm

CPU in SGX545		GPU Base Speed	GPU Boost / Turbo
Intel Atom Z2760	2 x 1800 MHz, 1.7 / 3 W	533 MHz	? MHz

CPU in SGX540		GPU Base Speed	GPU Boost / Turbo
Intel Atom Z2480	1 x 2000 MHz	400 MHz	? MHz
Intel Atom Z2460	1 x 1300 MHz, 4? W	400 MHz	? MHz
Rockchip RK3168	2 x 1200 MHz	400 MHz	? MHz
Intel Atom Z2420	1 x 1200 MHz	400 MHz	? MHz
min. - max.		400 - 533 MHz	? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics

100%

¹ SGX545 +

1618 Points (0%)

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics

100%

¹ SGX545 +

min: 2914 avg: 3025 median: 3050 (0%) max: 3112 Points

46%

¹ SGX540 +

min: 738 avg: 1390 median: 1390 (0%) max: 2042 Points

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard

100%

¹ SGX545 +

3152 Points (3%)

3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard

100%

¹ SGX545 +

min: 1507 avg: 1791 median: 1820.5 (1%) max: 2015 Points

3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard

100%

¹ SGX545 +

min: 613 avg: 729 median: 794 (1%) max: 802 Points

3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + PowerVR SGX545

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x720 + PowerVR SGX545

Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + PowerVR SGX545

GLBenchmark 2.5 - GLBench 2.5 Egypt HD Offscreen

100%

¹ SGX545 +

8.5 fps (2%)

80%

¹ SGX540 +

min: 6.4 avg: 6.9 median: 6.8 (1%) max: 7.6 fps

GLBenchmark 2.5 - GLBench 2.5 Egypt HD

100%

¹ SGX545 +

14 fps (23%)

73%

¹ SGX540 +

min: 9.4 avg: 10.2 median: 10.2 (17%) max: 11 fps

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + PowerVR SGX545

GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + PowerVR SGX540

GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 + PowerVR SGX540

AnTuTu 3DRating - Antutu 3DRating Off-screen

100%

¹ SGX540 +

min: 846 avg: 1260 median: 1462 (51%) max: 1471 Points

AnTuTu 3DRating - Antutu 3DRating Score

100%

¹ SGX540 +

min: 1311 avg: 2324 median: 2477 (22%) max: 3183 Points

AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 GPU

100%

¹ SGX540 +

min: 2951 avg: 3291 median: 3291 (34%) max: 3631 Points

Basemark ES 2.0 - Basemark ES 2.0

100%

¹ SGX540 +

min: 7.69 avg: 12 median: 12.4 (20%) max: 17.06 fps

NenaMark2 - NenaMark2 Score

100%

¹ SGX540 +

min: 20.4 avg: 32.6 median: 34.8 (52%) max: 45.1 fps

PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile 2D Graphics Tests

100%

¹ SGX540 +

2581 Points (5%)

PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile 3D Graphics Tests

100%

¹ SGX540 +

612 Points (2%)

Smartbench 2012 - Smartbench 2012 Gaming Index

100%

¹ SGX540 +

min: 1406 avg: 1949 median: 1799 (39%) max: 2966

Average Benchmarks PowerVR SGX545 → NAN% ⁿ⁼

Average Benchmarks PowerVR SGX540 → NAN% ⁿ⁼

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
¹ This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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.

Fifa 13

2012

SGX545:

7.4 8.8 9.7 10 ~ 9 fps

Diablo III

2012

SGX545:

3.2 3.3 (!) ~ 3 fps

Mass Effect 3

2012

SGX545:

1.7 fps

Anno 2070

2011

SGX545:

2.1 (!) 2.9 ~ 3 fps

Fifa 12

2011

SGX545:

10 fps

StarCraft 2

2010

SGX545:

11 fps

Risen

2009

SGX545:

4.4 fps

Anno 1404

2009

SGX545:

5.2 7.6 ~ 6 fps

Left 4 Dead

2008

SGX545:

11.8 12 ~ 12 fps

Far Cry 2

2008

SGX545:

7.7 fps

Trackmania Nations Forever

2008

SGX545:

18.9 fps

SGX545:

3.8 fps

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007

SGX545:

8 fps

SGX545:

1 fps

For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx K3011W mit K30PK11	Z2760	2048	533 / MHz	64-737MB	1618

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx K3011W mit K30PK11	Z2760	2048	533 / MHz	64-737MB	2914
Lenovo IdeaTab Miix 10 64GB	Z2760	2048	400 / MHz		3050
Acer Iconia-W3-810-27602G03nsw	Z2760	2048			3112

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung Google Nexus S I9023	Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110	512			738
Asus Fonepad ME371MG	Z2420	1024			2042

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Asus VivoTab TF810C-1B026W	Z2760	2048	533 / MHz		3152

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Asus VivoTab TF810C-1B026W	Z2760	2048	533 / MHz		1507
Samsung ATIV Smart PC XE500T1C-A02DE	Z2760	2048	533 / MHz		1674
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 (N3S23GE)	Z2760	2048			1967
HP Envy x2 11-g000eg	Z2760	2048	533 / MHz		2015

PowerVR SGX530 vs PowerVR SGX545 vs PowerVR SGX540

PowerVR SGX530

PowerVR SGX545

PowerVR SGX540

Benchmarks

Average Benchmarks PowerVR SGX545 → NAN% n=

Average Benchmarks PowerVR SGX540 → NAN% n=

Game Benchmarks

Fifa 13

Diablo III

Mass Effect 3

Anno 2070

Fifa 12

StarCraft 2

Risen

Anno 1404

Left 4 Dead

Far Cry 2

Trackmania Nations Forever

World in Conflict - Benchmark

Average Benchmarks PowerVR SGX545 → NAN% ⁿ⁼

Average Benchmarks PowerVR SGX540 → NAN% ⁿ⁼