GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB vs Radeon RX 540

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking542not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency9.93no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameLexaTU102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 November 2017 (7 years ago)12 October 2022 (2 years 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 cores5124608
Core clock speed1124 MHz1350 MHz
Boost clock speed1219 MHz1635 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate39.01470.9
Floating-point processing power1.248 TFLOPS15.07 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs32288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s768.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2017 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 250 Watt

RX 540 has 400% lower power consumption.

RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 540 and GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 540 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX 540
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