AMD Radeon 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 400 MHz
12187.5x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
8.6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 278 vs 188
41.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1438 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	278 vs 188
PassMark - G3D Mark	1438 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

188

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1438

Name	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3100
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3100
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355
Geekbench - OpenCL	8285
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	188
PassMark - G3D Mark	1438	35

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Rankine
Code name	Lexa	NV35
Design	Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	937	934
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	512
Pixel fill rate	9.80 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	3.2 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Length		218 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support