Radeon RX 540X vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1097	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.09	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	G94	Polaris 12
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	23 October 2008 (15 years ago)	21 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Current price	$75	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	512
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	650 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1219 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	15.6 billion/sec	35.97
Floating-point performance	156 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and Radeon RX 540X compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
SLI options	2-way	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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVIHDTV	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

no data

+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	4.0	6.4
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 October 2008	21 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	50 Watt

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