Radeon RX 540 OEM vs GeForce 9500M GE
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | no data | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | MCP79Mx + NB9M | Cape Verde |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 January 2008 (18 years ago) | 19 April 2017 (8 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 cores | 24 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1219 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 65 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 39.01 |
| ROPs | no data | 16 |
| TMUs | no data | 32 |
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 | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-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 type | GDDR2, GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 6000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 96 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.0 | 12.0 |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 January 2008 | 19 April 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 65 Watt |
9500M GE has 160% lower power consumption.
RX 540 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500M GE and Radeon RX 540 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9500M GE is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 540 OEM is a desktop one.
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