AMD Radeon R7 260 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 R7 260

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 4 month(s) later
20x more texture fill rate: 48 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
3.3x more memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 500 MHz
35.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2892 vs 81
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 294

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 December 2013 vs 9 August 2004
Texture fill rate	48 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	1625 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	559 vs 294

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

4.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 115 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2892

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

559

294

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	559	294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	240.395

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 260	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Curie
Code name	Bonaire	NV43 A2
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	17 December 2013	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$299
Place in performance rating	563	560
Price now	$89.99	$59.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	44.11	1.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	768
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	146 million
Core clock speed		300 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync