Radeon 540X vs GeForce GTX 950 Low Power

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated706
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.19
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGM206Lexa
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 March 2016 (8 years ago)5 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 no data

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 cores768512
Core clock speed1026 MHz980 MHz
Boost clock speed1190 MHz1046 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate57.1233.47
Floating-point processing power1.828 TFLOPS1.071 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs4832

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length202 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1653 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth105.8 GB/s48 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2016 5 September 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt

Radeon 540X has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 950 Low Power and Radeon 540X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 950 Low Power is a desktop card while Radeon 540X is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
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AMD Radeon 540X
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