AMD Radeon Pro 560X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 560X 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).

AMD Radeon Pro 560X

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 560X

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 1004 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
10.2x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 500 MHz
45.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3678 vs 81
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 711 vs 294

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 July 2018 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	1004 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3678 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	711 vs 294

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 560X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3678

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

711

294

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 560X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	3678	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	711	294
Geekbench - OpenCL	17527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	48.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	679.583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	62.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	247.728
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2495
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2495
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 560X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Polaris 21	NV43 A2
Launch date	16 July 2018	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	551	549
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	1004 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	146 million
Texture fill rate		2.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		198 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s