AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 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).

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 475 MHz
20531.6x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 74 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 274
31.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1857 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 23 October 2003
Core clock speed	1219 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 74 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 950 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	368 vs 274
PassMark - G3D Mark	1857 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

368

274

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1857

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
PassMark - G2D Mark	368	274
PassMark - G3D Mark	1857	59
Geekbench - OpenCL	9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2296

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rankine
Code name	Cape Verde	NV38 A1
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	623	608
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1219 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	512
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s	1.9 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	74 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12	9.0a
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
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)