AMD Radeon R7 M445 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M445 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 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, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M445

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 672 MHz
  • Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 18.4 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 588.8 gflops vs 258.05 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 15-25 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 4.4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 939 vs 478
  • Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 176 vs 91
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5361 vs 2171
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 15.765 vs 4.85
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 278.624 vs 195.796
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.268 vs 0.561
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.335 vs 9.109
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 54.067 vs 16.727
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1913 vs 960
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1913 vs 960
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 5 January 2011
Core clock speed 780 MHz vs 672 MHz
Texture fill rate 18.4 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
Pipelines 320 vs 96
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops vs 258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15-25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 939 vs 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 176 vs 91
Geekbench - OpenCL 5361 vs 2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.765 vs 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 278.624 vs 195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.268 vs 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.335 vs 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 54.067 vs 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1913 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1913 vs 960

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2210 vs 2138
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2701 vs 1853
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2210 vs 2138
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2701 vs 1853
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2210 vs 2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2701 vs 1853
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2210 vs 2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2701 vs 1853

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M445
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
939
478
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
176
91
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5361
2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.765
4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
278.624
195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.268
0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.335
9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.067
16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1913
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2138
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1853
2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1913
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2138
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1853
2701
Name AMD Radeon R7 M445 NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
PassMark - G3D Mark 939 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 176 91
Geekbench - OpenCL 5361 2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.765 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 278.624 195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.268 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.335 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 54.067 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1913 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2138 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1853 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1913 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2138 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1853 2701
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M445 NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Fermi
Code name Meso GF108
Launch date 15 May 2016 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1296 1503
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 920 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 672 MHz
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 96
Texture fill rate 18.4 GTexel / s 10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15-25 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 3,100 million 585 million
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus