NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 550 MHz
16.4x more texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
12.8x more pipelines: 1024 vs 80
27.4x better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 88 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
32.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6065 vs 188
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 675 vs 382

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 January 2015 vs 5 May 2010
Core clock speed	1127 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 80
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops vs 88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6065 vs 188
PassMark - G2D Mark	675 vs 382

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

8x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 120 Watt
228.6x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6065

188

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

675

382

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
PassMark - G3D Mark	6065	188
PassMark - G2D Mark	675	382
Geekbench - OpenCL	18323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2283

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM206	M92
Launch date	22 January 2015	5 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	496	410
Price now	$229.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1127 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops	88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1024	80
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost