AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 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).

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 720 MHz
423.1x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 92.2 billion / sec
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 122 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2500 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 23 October 2012
Core clock speed	1219 MHz vs 720 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s vs 92.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 122 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2500 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

3x more pipelines: 1536 vs 512
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 589 vs 368
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4142 vs 1857
Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12188 vs 9416
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3571 vs 2296
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3571 vs 2296

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1536 vs 512
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	589 vs 368
PassMark - G3D Mark	4142 vs 1857
Geekbench - OpenCL	12188 vs 9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3571 vs 2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3571 vs 2296

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

368

589

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1857

4142

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9416

12188

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2296

3571

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2296

3571

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
PassMark - G2D Mark	368	589
PassMark - G3D Mark	1857	4142
Geekbench - OpenCL	9416	12188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2296	3571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2296	3571
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		25.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		734.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3336

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Cape Verde
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	23 October 2012
Place in performance rating	623	613
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1219 MHz	720 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	1536
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s	92.2 billion / sec
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	122 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	3540 Million
CUDA cores		1536
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	12 API
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	160 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2500 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)
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA