AMD Radeon RX 540
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
AMD Radeon RX 540
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon RX 540  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M.

394
Place in performance rating
431
no data
Value for money (0-100)
10.47
Polaris
Architecture
Fermi
Polaris 12
Code name
GF114
Laptop
Type
Laptop
21 March 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
28 June 2011 (10 years ago)
$166
Price now
$170
13.38
Value for money
2.60
Polaris 12
GPU code name
N12E-GTX2
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon RX 540  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

512
Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
620 MHz
1219 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,500 million
Transistor count
1,950 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
39.01
Texture fill rate
39.7 billion/sec
1,248 gflops
Floating-point performance
952.3 gflops
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CUDA cores
384
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1219 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,500 million
Number of transistors
1,950 million
65 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 540 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
no data
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon RX 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon RX 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
Optimus
+
+
FreeSync
no data
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data
no data
3D Gaming
+
no data
3D Blu-Ray
+
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon RX 540 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12.0
DirectX
12 API
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
N/A
5.0
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 540 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 540 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 540

2.36% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($166 vs $170)

More pipelines (512 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (65 Watt vs 100 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 MB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

There is no accountable advantage

So, AMD Radeon RX 540 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 540 .

AMD Radeon RX 540 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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138197 (100 %)

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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User rating

4.2 Out of 71 Hitesti Score
1.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score