AMD Radeon 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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 950M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 251 vs 217
3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 9740

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	251 vs 217
Geekbench - OpenCL	35524 vs 9740

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

1199.2x better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
416.7x more memory clock speed: 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2581 vs 1383
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 2355
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 2355
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 1726
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 1726

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2581 vs 1383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4148 vs 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4148 vs 1726

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

217

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1383

2581

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35524

9740

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2355

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2355

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1726

4148

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1726

4148

Name	AMD Radeon 540	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
PassMark - G2D Mark	251	217
PassMark - G3D Mark	1383	2581
Geekbench - OpenCL	35524	9740
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2355	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2355	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1726	4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1726	4148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		139.158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
Essentials
Architecture	4th Gen GCN	Maxwell
Code name	Topaz	GM107
Design	AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	875	878
Type	Notebook	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	1124 MHz
Compute units	8
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	1,439 gflops
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture Units	32
Core clock speed		914 MHz
CUDA cores		640
Manufacturing process technology		28 nm
Pipelines		640
Texture fill rate		44.96 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors		No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
VGA аnalog display support		1
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6 Gbps	1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 or GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		medium sized