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.
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
- 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 9708
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 vs 13 March 2015 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 251 vs 217 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 35524 vs 9708 |
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: 2587 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 | 2587 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
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| Name | AMD Radeon 540 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 251 | 217 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1383 | 2587 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 35524 | 9708 |
| 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 | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 | 882 | 883 |
| Type | Notebook | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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| HDMI | ||
| Display Connectors | No outputs | |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_0) |
| Vulkan | ||
| OpenGL | 4.5 | |
Memory |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
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