AMD Radeon 540 vs NVIDIA P106-090

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and NVIDIA P106-090 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon 540

NVIDIA P106-090

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 248 vs 104
Around 67% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 21304

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	248 vs 104
Geekbench - OpenCL	35524 vs 21304

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P106-090

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 1124 MHz
1960x better floating-point performance: 2,352 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
1334.7x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2448 vs 1404

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 July 2017 vs 18 April 2017
Boost clock speed	1531 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,352 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2448 vs 1404

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA P106-090

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

248

104

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1404

2448

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35524

21304

Name	AMD Radeon 540	NVIDIA P106-090
PassMark - G2D Mark	248	104
PassMark - G3D Mark	1404	2448
Geekbench - OpenCL	35524	21304
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
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		86.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1309.517
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		183.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		58.651

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540	NVIDIA P106-090
Essentials
Architecture	4th Gen GCN	Pascal
Code name	Topaz	GP106
Design	AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	31 July 2017
Place in performance rating	875	876
Type	Notebook	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	1531 MHz
Compute units	8
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	2,352 gflops
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture Units	32
Core clock speed		1354 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		16 nm
Pipelines		768
Texture fill rate		73.49 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors		No outputs
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	6 Gbps	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin