AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1180 MHz
  • 258.3x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 151.0 GTexel / s
  • 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 181
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed 1219 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed 1219 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel/s vs 151.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 vs 181

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q

  • 4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 512
  • 4027.5x better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3695 vs 1818
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 2296
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 2296
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2048 vs 512
Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3695 vs 1818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 2296

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
371
181
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1818
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2296
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2296
3714
Name AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 181
PassMark - G3D Mark 1818 3695
Geekbench - OpenCL 9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2296 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2296 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Cape Verde GM204
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 3rd Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 30 August 2015
Place in performance rating 610 504
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz 1180 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1219 MHz 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 4,833 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 2048
Pixel fill rate 19.50 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel/s 151.0 GTexel / s
Texture Units 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 5,200 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
Enduro
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)