AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 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 Quadro FX 1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 350 MHz
13932.1x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
10.9x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 276
54.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1857 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	1219 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	368 vs 276
PassMark - G3D Mark	1857 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

368

276

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1857

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
PassMark - G2D Mark	368	276
PassMark - G3D Mark	1857	34
Geekbench - OpenCL	9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2296

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
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	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	623	607
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1219 MHz	350 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	2.8 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12	9.0a
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	550 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)