Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce GT 540M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 540M with Radeon RX 7900 XT, including specs and performance data.

GT 540M
2011
2 GB DDR3, 35 Watt
1.14

RX 7900 XT outperforms GT 540M by a whopping 5977% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking109621
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data43.89
Power efficiency2.4817.60
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025)
GPU code nameGF108Navi 31
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 January 2011 (14 years ago)3 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$899

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores965376
Core clock speed672 MHz1387 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2394 MHz
Number of transistors585 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate10.75804.4
Floating-point processing power0.258 TFLOPS51.48 TFLOPS
ROPs4192
TMUs16336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84

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
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data276 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB20 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s800.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
Optimus+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.2
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GT 540M 1.14
RX 7900 XT 69.28
+5977%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 540M 476
RX 7900 XT 29030
+5999%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GT 540M 888
RX 7900 XT 75896
+8447%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 540M 4355
RX 7900 XT 142489
+3172%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GT 540M 760
RX 7900 XT 63399
+8242%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GT 540M 2165
RX 7900 XT 187212
+8547%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p16
−5838%
950−1000
+5838%
Full HD20
−895%
199
+895%
1440p2−3
−6650%
135
+6650%
4K1−2
−8400%
85
+8400%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.52
1440pno data6.66
4Kno data10.58

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−11750%
237
+11750%
God of War 5−6
−4500%
230
+4500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−18100%
180−190
+18100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−10500%
212
+10500%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−9700%
196
+9700%
Fortnite 2−3
−15000%
300−350
+15000%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−3914%
280−290
+3914%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 244
God of War 5−6
−4480%
229
+4480%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−1844%
170−180
+1844%
Valorant 30−35
−1175%
400−450
+1175%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−18100%
180−190
+18100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 27−30
−930%
270−280
+930%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−9400%
190
+9400%
Dota 2 16−18
−1144%
199
+1144%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−9250%
187
+9250%
Fortnite 2−3
−15000%
300−350
+15000%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−3914%
280−290
+3914%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 223
God of War 5−6
−4280%
219
+4280%
Grand Theft Auto V 0−1 173
Metro Exodus 2−3
−7200%
146
+7200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−1844%
170−180
+1844%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−6800%
483
+6800%
Valorant 30−35
−1175%
400−450
+1175%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−18100%
180−190
+18100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−8850%
179
+8850%
Dota 2 16−18
−1050%
184
+1050%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−8550%
173
+8550%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−3914%
280−290
+3914%
God of War 5−6
−3200%
165
+3200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−1844%
170−180
+1844%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−3543%
255
+3543%
Valorant 30−35
−1175%
400−450
+1175%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−15000%
300−350
+15000%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−6767%
206
+6767%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 7−8
−7271%
500−550
+7271%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−1358%
170−180
+1358%
Valorant 3−4
−16067%
450−500
+16067%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 122
Far Cry 5 0−1 173
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−8100%
240−250
+8100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 179

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−7450%
150−160
+7450%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−1067%
175
+1067%
Valorant 6−7
−5417%
300−350
+5417%

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 0−1 153
God of War 0−1 88
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−4700%
95−100
+4700%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−3850%
75−80
+3850%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 288
+0%
288
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 268
+0%
268
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 159
+0%
159
+0%
Metro Exodus 135
+0%
135
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
God of War 137
+0%
137
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 50
+0%
50
+0%
Metro Exodus 87
+0%
87
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 156
+0%
156
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 60
+0%
60
+0%
Far Cry 5 132
+0%
132
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

This is how GT 540M and RX 7900 XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XT is 5838% faster in 900p
  • RX 7900 XT is 895% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900 XT is 6650% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900 XT is 8400% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 7900 XT is 18100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XT is ahead in 42 tests (74%)
  • there's a draw in 15 tests (26%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.14 69.28
Recency 5 January 2011 3 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 300 Watt

GT 540M has 757.1% lower power consumption.

RX 7900 XT, on the other hand, has a 5977.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 540M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 540M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 7900 XT is a desktop one.

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