AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 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.

AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 500 MHz
9750x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 12 August 2004
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Geekbench - OpenCL	9084
PassMark - G3D Mark		144
PassMark - G2D Mark		59

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Lexa	NV43 A2
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	12 August 2004
Place in performance rating	1518	1554
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$64.95
Price now		$64.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	512
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	4 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support