Radeon 540 vs GeForce GTX 765M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 765M with Radeon 540, including specs and performance data.

GTX 765M
2013
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
5.17
+44.4%

GTX 765M outperforms 540 by a considerable 44% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking613712
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.10
Power efficiency4.774.96
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK106Lexa
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 May 2013 (11 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores768384
Core clock speed850 MHz1183 MHz
Boost clock speed863 MHz1124 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate55.2328.39
Floating-point processing power1.326 TFLOPS0.9085 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs6424

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x8
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

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 GB1 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit32 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth64.0 GB/s24 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DisplayPort 1.4a
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+-

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 765M 5.17
+44.4%
Radeon 540 3.58

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 765M 1997
+44.4%
Radeon 540 1383

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 765M 7244
+18.2%
Radeon 540 6128

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:

900p51
+45.7%
35−40
−45.7%
Full HD39
+44.4%
27−30
−44.4%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.93

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%
Hitman 3 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+56.7%
30−33
−56.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%
Hitman 3 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+56.7%
30−33
−56.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%
Hitman 3 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+56.7%
30−33
−56.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Hitman 3 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 1−2 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

This is how GTX 765M and Radeon 540 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 765M is 46% faster in 900p
  • GTX 765M is 44% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.17 3.58
Recency 30 May 2013 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 765M has a 44.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Radeon 540, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 765M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 765M is a notebook card while Radeon 540 is a desktop one.


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

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M
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