AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 675 MHz
3611.1x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 10.8 billion / sec
16x more pipelines: 512 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 60 Watt
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 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 10.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	512 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

74.2x better floating-point performance: 92.8 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	92.8 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Geekbench - OpenCL	8385
PassMark - G3D Mark		159
PassMark - G2D Mark		28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		10
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1728
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1728

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Lexa	G84
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1546	1544
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs	92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	512	32
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	10.8 billion / sec
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
SLI