AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 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 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
789.7x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 49.4 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 244 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 9 November 2010
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s vs 49.4 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 244 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 1219 MHz
1317.6x better floating-point performance: 1,581.1 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 490 vs 341
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4630 vs 2016
Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15182 vs 9416
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 2296
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 2296

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 1219 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	490 vs 341
PassMark - G3D Mark	4630 vs 2016
Geekbench - OpenCL	15182 vs 9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 2296

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

341

490

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2016

4630

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9416

15182

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2296

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2296

3717

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
PassMark - G2D Mark	341	490
PassMark - G3D Mark	2016	4630
Geekbench - OpenCL	9416	15182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2296	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2296	3717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		132.363
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5953
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5953
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		809

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Cape Verde	GF110
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	9 November 2010
Place in performance rating	638	620
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$289.88
Value for money (0-100)		19.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1219 MHz	1544 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	512
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s	49.4 billion / sec
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	244 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	3,000 million
CUDA cores		512
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Display Connectors		Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	One 6-pin and One 8-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		3-way
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
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)
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround