AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) 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), 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
653.2x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 59.72 GTexel / s
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 348 vs 292

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 February 2017
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s vs 59.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	348 vs 292

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 1219 MHz
Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 1219 MHz
Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
1592.5x better floating-point performance: 1,911 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4462 vs 1952
Around 86% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17470 vs 9416
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3721 vs 2296
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3721 vs 2296

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1354 MHz vs 1219 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz vs 1219 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,911 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4462 vs 1952
Geekbench - OpenCL	17470 vs 9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3721 vs 2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3721 vs 2296

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

348

292

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1952

4462

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9416

17470

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2296

3721

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2296

3721

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
PassMark - G2D Mark	348	292
PassMark - G3D Mark	1952	4462
Geekbench - OpenCL	9416	17470
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2296	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2296	3721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2085

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Pascal
Code name	Cape Verde	GP106B
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 February 2017
Place in performance rating	642	643
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	1493 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1219 MHz	1354 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	1,911 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	512	640
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s	59.72 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Display Connectors		No outputs
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	112.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	7008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
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)
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection