Radeon RX 540 OEM vs GeForce Go 6600

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1401not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameNV43 A2Cape Verde
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 September 2005 (19 years ago)19 April 2017 (7 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 cores12512
Core clock speed300 MHz1219 MHz
Boost clock speed375 MHzno data
Number of transistors146 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data65 Watt
Texture fill rate2.40039.01
ROPs416
TMUs832

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed350 MHz6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.2 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12.0
Shader Model3.05.0
OpenGL2.14.5
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 September 2005 19 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 28 nm

RX 540 OEM has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6600 and Radeon RX 540 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce Go 6600 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 540 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
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