AMD Radeon R9 370X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 370X

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 300 MHz
34.3x more texture fill rate: 82.4 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
11.2x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 500 MHz

Launch date	27 August 2015 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	82.4 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	5600 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

7.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 180 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Geekbench - OpenCL	25659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	88.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	337.583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348
PassMark - G3D Mark		81
PassMark - G2D Mark		294

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Trinidad	NV43 A2
Launch date	27 August 2015	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$299
Place in performance rating	552	549
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	221 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3