AMD Radeon HD 7970M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 7970M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
28.3x more texture fill rate: 68 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
9.6x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 500 MHz
44.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3569 vs 81
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 496 vs 294

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2012 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3569 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	496 vs 294

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3569

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

294

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	3569	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	496	294
Geekbench - OpenCL	17210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	256.99
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7970M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Wimbledon	NV43 A2
Launch date	24 April 2012	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	591	588
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		198 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0