Radeon RX 540X vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	241	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	31.40	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	N17E-G1	Polaris 12
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	18 August 2016 (7 years ago)	21 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	no data
Current price	$240 (1x MSRP)	$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	1280	512
CUDA cores	1280	no data
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	1219 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	133.6	35.97
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and Radeon RX 540X compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	large	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	-	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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	no data	+
HDCP	2.2	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync	no data	+
GameStream	+	no data
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 August 2016	21 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	50 Watt

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