AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M 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 Quadro FX 1800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 561 MHz
2897.5x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 13.46 GTexel / s
7.1x more pipelines: 512 vs 72
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2200 MHz
Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8954 vs 7043

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 15 June 2009
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 561 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 13.46 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 72
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2200 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	8954 vs 7043

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

129.6x better floating-point performance: 162 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Floating-point performance	162 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8954

7043

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
Geekbench - OpenCL	8954	7043
PassMark - G3D Mark		494
PassMark - G2D Mark		66
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1450
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1450
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		926

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Lexa	GT215
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	1521	1518
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	561 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs	162 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	72
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	13.46 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	727 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
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