AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA GRID K1

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile and NVIDIA GRID K1 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 94.3x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • 3.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1782 MHz
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9084 vs 1976
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2018 vs 18 March 2013
Core clock speed 1124 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 39.00 GTexel/s vs 4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 9084 vs 1976

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K1

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 4x 192 vs 512
  • 1044.5x better floating-point performance: 4x 326.4 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4x 4 GB vs 4 GB
Pipelines 4x 192 vs 512
Floating-point performance 4x 326.4 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 4x 4 GB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K1

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9084
1976
Name AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile NVIDIA GRID K1
Geekbench - OpenCL 9084 1976
PassMark - G3D Mark 651
PassMark - G2D Mark 259
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 169.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 10.43
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 319

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile NVIDIA GRID K1

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Kepler
Code name Lexa GK107
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018 18 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1518 1520
Type Desktop, Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $4,140

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1124 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.25 TFLOPs 4x 326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 4x 192
Pixel fill rate 19.50 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture fill rate 39.00 GTexel/s 4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Texture Units 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 130 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 4x 28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 4x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1782 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support