Radeon R5 340X OEM vs GeForce GT 545

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking789not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.39no data
Power efficiency2.81no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGF116Oland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 May 2011 (13 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores144384
Core clock speed720 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1050 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate17.2821.60
Floating-point processing power0.4147 TFLOPS0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs2424

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length145 mm145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s16 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2011 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 65 Watt

R5 340X OEM has an age advantage of 3 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 7.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 545 and Radeon R5 340X OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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