AMD Radeon 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
1080.9x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 284 vs 225

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 12 March 2014
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3353
PassMark - G2D Mark	284 vs 225

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
924x better floating-point performance: 1,155 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3817 vs 3100
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3817 vs 3100
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 1349
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 1349
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9790 vs 8361
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2509 vs 1425

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	640 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,155 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3817 vs 3100
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3817 vs 3100
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 1349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 1349
Geekbench - OpenCL	9790 vs 8361
PassMark - G3D Mark	2509 vs 1425

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3100

3817

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3100

3817

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1349

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1349

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3353

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8361

9790

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

284

225

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1425

2509

Name	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3100	3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3100	3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1349	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1349	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3353
Geekbench - OpenCL	8361	9790
PassMark - G2D Mark	284	225
PassMark - G3D Mark	1425	2509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		151.016
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		979

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell
Code name	Lexa	GM107
Design	Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	926	930
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs	1,155 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	640
Pixel fill rate	9.80 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	36.08 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3 or 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 Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA