Radeon 540X vs GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile

Place in the ranking	296	704
Place by popularity	80	not in top-100
Power efficiency	25.63	5.17
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	TU117	Lexa
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 April 2020 (4 years ago)	5 September 2018 (6 years ago)

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 cores	1024	512
Core clock speed	1380 MHz	980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	1046 MHz
Number of transistors	4,700 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	99.84	33.47
Floating-point processing power	3.195 TFLOPS	1.071 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	64	32

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 size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	48 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

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.140	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5	-

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1650 Mobile 18.44
+396%

Radeon 540X 3.72

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.

GTX 1650 Mobile 7116
+395%

Radeon 540X 1437

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.

GTX 1650 Mobile 13132
+221%

Radeon 540X 4097

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.

GTX 1650 Mobile 31311
+171%

Radeon 540X 11545

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.

GTX 1650 Mobile 9313
+235%

Radeon 540X 2779

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1650 Mobile 57365
+278%

Radeon 540X 15167

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

GTX 1650 Mobile 3488
+338%

Radeon 540X 797

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

GTX 1650 Mobile 101
+234%

Radeon 540X 30

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:

Full HD	56 +195%	19 −195%
1440p	37 +429%	7−8 −429%
4K	22 +450%	4−5 −450%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

52
+478%

−478%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55 +244%	16 −244%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 +250%	12 −250%
Battlefield 5	81 +913%	8−9 −913%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	51 +538%	8−9 −538%
Cyberpunk 2077	41 +486%	7−8 −486%
Far Cry 5	66 +843%	7−8 −843%
Far Cry New Dawn	79 +690%	10−11 −690%
Forza Horizon 4	166 +655%	21−24 −655%
Hitman 3	47 +327%	11 −327%
Horizon Zero Dawn	164 +531%	24−27 −531%
Metro Exodus	82 +257%	23 −257%
Red Dead Redemption 2	71 +274%	19 −274%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	117 +736%	14−16 −736%
Watch Dogs: Legion	146 +248%	40−45 −248%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80 +627%	10−12 −627%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24 +700%	3−4 −700%
Battlefield 5	70 +775%	8−9 −775%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	47 +488%	8−9 −488%
Cyberpunk 2077	32 +357%	7−8 −357%
Far Cry 5	53 +657%	7−8 −657%
Far Cry New Dawn	54 +440%	10−11 −440%
Forza Horizon 4	148 +573%	21−24 −573%
Hitman 3	42 +367%	9−10 −367%
Horizon Zero Dawn	148 +469%	24−27 −469%
Metro Exodus	68 +300%	17 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55 +293%	14 −293%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	64 +220%	20 −220%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +180%	14−16 −180%
Watch Dogs: Legion	141 +236%	40−45 −236%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30 +173%	10−12 −173%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8 +167%	3−4 −167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	34 +325%	8−9 −325%
Cyberpunk 2077	30 +329%	7−8 −329%
Far Cry 5	40 +471%	7−8 −471%
Forza Horizon 4	62 +182%	21−24 −182%
Hitman 3	37 +311%	9−10 −311%
Horizon Zero Dawn	57 +119%	24−27 −119%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55 +224%	17 −224%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	36 +260%	10 −260%
Watch Dogs: Legion	17 −147%	40−45 +147%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

52
+333%

−333%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	43 +514%	7−8 −514%
Far Cry New Dawn	34 +467%	6−7 −467%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	22 +633%	3−4 −633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 +567%	3−4 −567%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 +650%	2−3 −650%
Far Cry 5	25 +525%	4−5 −525%
Forza Horizon 4	99 +3200%	3−4 −3200%
Hitman 3	26 +225%	8−9 −225%
Horizon Zero Dawn	44 +389%	9−10 −389%
Metro Exodus	39 +457%	7−8 −457%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +414%	7−8 −414%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	115 +400%	21−24 −400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

33
+371%

7−8

−371%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21 +950%	2−3 −950%
Far Cry New Dawn	17 +750%	2−3 −750%
Hitman 3	14 +600%	2−3 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45 +400%	9−10 −400%
Metro Exodus	26	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21 +425%	4−5 −425%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12 +300%	3−4 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Cyberpunk 2077	5	0−1
Far Cry 5	12 +500%	2−3 −500%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +1150%	2−3 −1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22 +400%	4−5 −400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

17
+240%

5−6

−240%

This is how GTX 1650 Mobile and Radeon 540X compete in popular games:

GTX 1650 Mobile is 195% faster in 1080p
GTX 1650 Mobile is 429% faster in 1440p
GTX 1650 Mobile is 450% faster in 4K

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1650 Mobile is 3200% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 540X is 147% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 1650 Mobile is ahead in 62 tests (98%)
Radeon 540X is ahead in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.44	3.72
Recency	15 April 2020	5 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm

GTX 1650 Mobile has a 395.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540X in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.