AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M 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 GT 130M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
4062.5x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 512 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
12x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 500 (DDR2) / 800 (GDDR3) MHz

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 8 January 2009
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 500 (DDR2) / 800 (GDDR3) MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1124 MHz
76.8x better floating-point performance: 96 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
Geekbench - OpenCL	8663
PassMark - G3D Mark		145
PassMark - G2D Mark		29
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2744

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Lexa	G96
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	8 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1532	1530
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 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	9.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Gigaflops		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Single Link DVIDisplayPortVGAHDMIDual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		medium sized
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	16 (DDR2) / 25 (GDDR3)
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	500 (DDR2) / 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0
Power management		8.0