Radeon RX 540X vs GeForce GTX 760 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK104Polaris 23
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 November 2016 (8 years ago)11 April 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 cores1344512
Core clock speed993 MHz1124 MHz
Boost clock speed1046 MHz1219 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate117.239.01
Floating-point processing power2.812 TFLOPS1.248 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs11232

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length241 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s96 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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.11.2.131
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 November 2016 11 April 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 50 Watt

RX 540X has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 240% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 760 OEM and Radeon RX 540X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 760 OEM is a desktop card while Radeon RX 540X is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 OEM
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