AMD Radeon 540 vs NVIDIA Quadro K4000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and NVIDIA Quadro K4000 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 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
  • 5.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 6670
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3321
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3321
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 1 March 2013
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 vs 6670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3321
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3321

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4000

  • 1036.7x better floating-point performance: 1,244 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 936x more memory clock speed: 5616 MHz vs 6 Gbps
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 421 vs 249
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2722 vs 1395
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3651 vs 2355
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3651 vs 2355
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3798 vs 1726
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3798 vs 1726
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 1,244 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed 5616 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 421 vs 249
PassMark - G3D Mark 2722 vs 1395
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3651 vs 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3651 vs 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3798 vs 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3798 vs 1726

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K4000

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
249
421
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1395
2722
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
35524
6670
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2355
3651
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2355
3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3321
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
3798
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
3798
Name AMD Radeon 540 NVIDIA Quadro K4000
PassMark - G2D Mark 249 421
PassMark - G3D Mark 1395 2722
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 6670
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2355 3651
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2355 3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 3321
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 3321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1726 3798
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1726 3798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 427.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 23.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 61.965
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 817

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 540 NVIDIA Quadro K4000

Essentials

Architecture 4th Gen GCN Kepler
Code name Topaz GK106
Design AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 875 878
Type Notebook Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,269
Price now $225.65
Value for money (0-100) 14.81

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Compute units 8
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1,244 gflops
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture Units 32
Core clock speed 810 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 768
Texture fill rate 51.84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s 134.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 6 Gbps 5616 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 2.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin