AMD Radeon 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce 920A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 920A 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 247 vs 168
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1362 vs 846
  • 9.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 3693
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 247 vs 168
PassMark - G3D Mark 1362 vs 846
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 vs 3693

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920A

  • 368x better floating-point performance: 441.6 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 300x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Floating-point performance 441.6 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 6 Gbps

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 920A

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
247
168
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1362
846
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
35524
3693
Name AMD Radeon 540 NVIDIA GeForce 920A
PassMark - G2D Mark 247 168
PassMark - G3D Mark 1362 846
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 3693
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 920A

Essentials

Architecture 4th Gen GCN Kepler 2.0
Code name Topaz GK208B
Design AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 877 1143
Type Notebook Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Compute units 8
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 441.6 gflops
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture Units 32
Core clock speed 575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 9.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6 Gbps 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3

Technologies

AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8