AMD Radeon 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 540

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 915 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 249 vs 226
3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 10435

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 10 March 2014
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 915 MHz
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	249 vs 226
Geekbench - OpenCL	35524 vs 10435
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

1157.5x better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3057 vs 1395
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 2355
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 2355
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4938 vs 1726
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4938 vs 1726

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3057 vs 1395
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684 vs 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684 vs 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4938 vs 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4938 vs 1726

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

249

226

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1395

3057

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35524

10435

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2355

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2355

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1726

4938

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1726

4938

Name	AMD Radeon 540	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
PassMark - G2D Mark	249	226
PassMark - G3D Mark	1395	3057
Geekbench - OpenCL	35524	10435
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2355	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2355	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1726	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1726	4938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		162.83
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1151

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Essentials
Architecture	4th Gen GCN	Kepler
Code name	Topaz	GK104
Design	AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	10 March 2014
Place in performance rating	875	877
Type	Notebook	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	915 MHz
Compute units	8
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	1,389 gflops
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture Units	32
Core clock speed		797 MHz
CUDA cores		1152 or 640
Manufacturing process technology		28 nm
Pipelines		640
Texture fill rate		43.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
HDMI
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors		No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Vulkan
OpenCL		1.1
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6 Gbps
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None