AMD Radeon 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 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 7950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 247 vs 189
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1362 vs 344

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 6 August 2006
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	247 vs 189
PassMark - G3D Mark	1362 vs 344

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

233.3x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 6 Gbps

Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 6 Gbps

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

189

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1362

344

Name	AMD Radeon 540	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	189
PassMark - G3D Mark	1362	344
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 7950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	4th Gen GCN	Curie
Code name	Topaz	G71
Design	AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	6 August 2006
Place in performance rating	877	881
Type	Notebook	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$114.95
Price now		$114.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.99
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		550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		90 nm
Texture fill rate		13.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		65 Watt
Transistor count		278 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
Vulkan
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6 Gbps	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin