AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 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 Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 550 MHz
1598.4x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
32x more pipelines: 512 vs 2x 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 256 MB
4.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 20 January 2009
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	512 vs 2x 8
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

35.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 22.4 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 50 Watt

Floating-point performance	2x 22.4 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 Quadro NVS 420

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Geekbench - OpenCL	8954
PassMark - G3D Mark		121
PassMark - G2D Mark		120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		658

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Lexa	G98
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	20 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1521	1519
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$131.43
Price now		$80.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs	2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	512	2x 8
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
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	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support