RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs Radeon 540

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 540 with RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

Radeon 540
2017
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
3.58

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation outperforms 540 by a whopping 1415% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking71246
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.10no data
Power efficiency5.1755.89
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameLexaAD104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3846144
Core clock speed1183 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate28.39299.5
Floating-point processing power0.9085 TFLOPS19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs1680
TMUs24192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Length145 mm168 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB20 GB
Memory bus width32 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth24 GB/s280.0 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 Connectors2x DisplayPort 1.4a4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.9

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.

Radeon 540 3.58
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 54.22
+1415%

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.

Radeon 540 1383
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 20922
+1413%

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.

Radeon 540 6890
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 122438
+1677%

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 3.58 54.22
Recency 20 April 2017 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 70 Watt

Radeon 540 has 40% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 1414.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 1900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

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

Be aware that Radeon 540 is a desktop card while RTX 4000 SFF 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.

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