RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Place in the ranking	1293	29
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.58	34.67
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	M92	AD104
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	5 May 2010 (14 years ago)	9 August 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores	80	6144
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2175 MHz
Number of transistors	242 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.400	417.6
Floating-point processing power	0.088 TFLOPS	26.73 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	80
TMUs	8	192
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	48

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).

Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	245 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	20 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	160 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	360.0 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 Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.8
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−17400%

350−400
+17400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −18233%	550−600 +18233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −17400%	350−400 +17400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −17400%	350−400 +17400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −18650%	750−800 +18650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −18650%	1500−1550 +18650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −18650%	750−800 +18650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −18829%	5300−5350 +18829%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −18233%	550−600 +18233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −17400%	350−400 +17400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −17400%	350−400 +17400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −18650%	750−800 +18650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −18650%	1500−1550 +18650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −18650%	750−800 +18650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −18789%	1700−1750 +18789%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −18829%	5300−5350 +18829%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −18233%	550−600 +18233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −17400%	350−400 +17400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −17400%	350−400 +17400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −18650%	750−800 +18650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −18650%	1500−1550 +18650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −18650%	750−800 +18650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −18789%	1700−1750 +18789%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −18829%	5300−5350 +18829%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 −18233%	1100−1150 +18233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −17400%	350−400 +17400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−17400%

350−400
+17400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −18900%	190−200 +18900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−17400%

350−400
+17400%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.34	64.78
Recency	5 May 2010	9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	20 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	130 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 540v has 766.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 18952.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 3900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 540v in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 540v is a notebook card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.