AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 500 MHz
3250x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 12 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 48
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 768 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

96x better floating-point performance: 120 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	120 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	8954
PassMark - G2D Mark		41
PassMark - G3D Mark		282
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2389
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2389

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Lexa	G94
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1524	1523
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	512	48
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	12 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	505 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		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2000 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