AMD Radeon 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon 540

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 17 year(s) 2 month(s) later
128x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 32 MB
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 251 vs 201
276.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1383 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 February 2000
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 32 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	251 vs 201
PassMark - G3D Mark	1383 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

50x more memory clock speed: 300 MHz vs 6 Gbps

Memory clock speed	300 MHz vs 6 Gbps

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

201

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1383

Name	AMD Radeon 540	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G2D Mark	251	201
PassMark - G3D Mark	1383	5
Geekbench - OpenCL	35524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1726

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	4th Gen GCN	Celsius
Code name	Topaz	NV10 A3
Design	AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	871	882
Type	Notebook	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Compute units	8
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture Units	32
Core clock speed		120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		220 nm
Texture fill rate		480 MTexel / s
Transistor count		17 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors		1x VGA
API support
DirectX	12	7.0
Vulkan
OpenGL		1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6 Gbps	300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None