Radeon RX 540X vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking241not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation31.51no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameN17E-G1Polaris 12
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date18 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.

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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 cores1280512
CUDA cores1280no data
Core clock speed1506 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1219 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate133.635.97
Floating-point performance4,275 gflopsno 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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s112.0 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 ConnectorsDP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMIno data+
HDCP2.2no 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.

FreeSyncno data+
GameStream+no data
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA+no data

Pros & cons summary


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

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and Radeon RX 540X. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
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