Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh vs Radeon 540
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 790 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.10 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 5.38 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Lexa | TU104B |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 20 April 2017 (9 years ago) | 8 June 2020 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $79 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 1183 MHz | 1035 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | 1545 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,200 million | 13,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 110 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.39 | 296.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.9085 TFLOPS | 9.492 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 |
| TMUs | 24 | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 384 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 48 |
| L1 Cache | 96 KB | 3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 4 MB |
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 | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 145 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 32 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 24 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DisplayPort 1.4a | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2.140 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 April 2017 | 8 June 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 110 Watt |
Radeon 540 has 120% lower power consumption.
RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 17% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 540 and Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 540 is a desktop graphics card while Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh is a mobile workstation one.
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