AMD Radeon 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 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, 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).

AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
1250x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 31.2 billion / sec
Around 78% higher pipelines: 512 vs 288
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3100 vs 3044
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3100 vs 3044
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3108
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3108
Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8352 vs 6155

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 15 November 2010
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 31.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	512 vs 288
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3100 vs 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3100 vs 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3108
Geekbench - OpenCL	8352 vs 6155

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1124 MHz
599x better floating-point performance: 748.8 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3491 vs 1349
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3491 vs 1349
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 359 vs 278
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1986 vs 1438

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Floating-point performance	748.8 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3491 vs 1349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3491 vs 1349
PassMark - G2D Mark	359 vs 278
PassMark - G3D Mark	1986 vs 1438

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3100

3044

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3100

3044

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1349

3491

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1349

3491

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3108

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3108

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8352

6155

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

359

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1438

1986

Name	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3100	3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3100	3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1349	3491
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1349	3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3108
Geekbench - OpenCL	8352	6155
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	359
PassMark - G3D Mark	1438	1986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		18.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		635.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		48.203

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Fermi
Code name	Lexa	GF104
Design	Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	15 November 2010
Place in performance rating	939	942
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$160
Price now		$159.99
Value for money (0-100)		15.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	1300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs	748.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	288
Pixel fill rate	9.80 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	31.2 billion / sec
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,950 million
CUDA cores		288
Maximum GPU temperature		104 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, 2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Number of display connectors		2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround