AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 98% higher core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 615 MHz
8278.9x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 4.712 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 512 vs 16
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 66
15.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1857 vs 118

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 17 February 2013
Core clock speed	1219 MHz vs 615 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s vs 4.712 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	368 vs 66
PassMark - G3D Mark	1857 vs 118

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

37.4x better floating-point performance: 44.86 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

368

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1857

118

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	368	66
PassMark - G3D Mark	1857	118
Geekbench - OpenCL	9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2296
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1079
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1079

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Cape Verde	GT216
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	17 February 2013
Place in performance rating	623	1580
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1219 MHz	615 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	44.86 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	16
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s	4.712 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	486 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
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)