Radeon 540 vs Quadro RTX 6000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro RTX 6000 with Radeon 540, including specs and performance data.

RTX 6000
2018
24 GB GDDR6, 260 Watt
48.47
+1250%

RTX 6000 outperforms 540 by a whopping 1250% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking69719
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.320.10
Power efficiency12.774.92
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameTU102Lexa
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 August 2018 (6 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,299 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 6000 has 5220% 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 cores4608384
Core clock speed1440 MHz1183 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHz1124 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate509.828.39
Floating-point processing power16.31 TFLOPS0.9085 TFLOPS
ROPs9616
TMUs28824
Tensor Cores576no data
Ray Tracing Cores72no data

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
Length267 mm145 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount24 GB1 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit32 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C2x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.5-

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.

RTX 6000 48.47
+1250%
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.

RTX 6000 18674
+1250%
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.

RTX 6000 148896
+2330%
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 48.47 3.59
Recency 13 August 2018 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 50 Watt

RTX 6000 has a 1250.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

Radeon 540, on the other hand, has 420% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX 6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 6000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 540 is a desktop one.


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

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