Radeon 540 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 650 Ti and Radeon 540, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 650 Ti
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 110 Watt
6.55
+82.5%

GTX 650 Ti outperforms 540 by an impressive 82% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking568717
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.950.10
Power efficiency4.154.99
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK106Lexa
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 October 2012 (12 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 650 Ti has 1850% better value for money than Radeon 540.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768384
Core clock speed928 MHz1183 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1124 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate59.3928.39
Floating-point processing power1.425 TFLOPS0.9085 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs6424

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length145 mm145 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit32 Bit
Memory clock speed5.4 GB/s1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth86.4 GB/s24 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI2x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support4 Displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 650 Ti 6.55
+82.5%
Radeon 540 3.59

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 650 Ti 2527
+82.7%
Radeon 540 1383

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 650 Ti 7973
+30.1%
Radeon 540 6128

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.55 3.59
Recency 9 October 2012 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 650 Ti has a 82.5% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Radeon 540, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 120% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540 in performance tests.


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