Radeon 540X vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	671
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	4.01
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	GT200	Lexa
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	16 September 2008 (15 years ago)	12 August 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data
Current price	$259 (0.9x MSRP)	$421

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	216	512
Core clock speed	576 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1219 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	182 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	41.47	33.47
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and Radeon 540X compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	448 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	4.0	6.4
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	1.3	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 September 2008	12 August 2019
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	182 Watt	50 Watt

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