AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 459 MHz
10626.7x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 512 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
7.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

11.8x better floating-point performance: 14.688 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 50 Watt

Floating-point performance	14.688 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Geekbench - OpenCL	8385
PassMark - G3D Mark		115
PassMark - G2D Mark		111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		441

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Lexa	G86
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1546	1543
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs	14.688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	512	8
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	3.67 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	210 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 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support