Radeon 540X vs GeForce GTX 260 216

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated706
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.20
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGT200Lexa
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 September 2008 (16 years ago)5 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores216512
Core clock speed576 MHz980 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1046 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate41.4733.47
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPS1.071 TFLOPS
ROPs2816
TMUs7232

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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount896 MB2 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s48 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 September 2008 5 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 50 Watt

Radeon 540X has an age advantage of 9 years, a 128.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 264% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and Radeon 540X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is a desktop card while Radeon 540X is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
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AMD Radeon 540X
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