Radeon 540X vs GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile and Radeon 540X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 2070 Mobile
2019
8 GB GDDR6, 115 Watt
34.16
+821%

RTX 2070 Mobile outperforms 540X by a whopping 821% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking152717
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency20.735.18
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameTU106BLexa
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 January 2019 (6 years ago)5 September 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 cores2304512
Core clock speed1305 MHz980 MHz
Boost clock speed1485 MHz1046 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate213.833.47
Floating-point processing power6.843 TFLOPS1.071 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs14432
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no data

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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.5-
DLSS+-

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.

RTX 2070 Mobile 34.16
+821%
Radeon 540X 3.71

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2070 Mobile 26005
+535%
Radeon 540X 4097

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 2070 Mobile 64151
+456%
Radeon 540X 11545

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2070 Mobile 20392
+634%
Radeon 540X 2779

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2070 Mobile 123004
+711%
Radeon 540X 15167

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 2070 Mobile 7738
+871%
Radeon 540X 797

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:

Full HD123
+515%
20
−515%
1440p80
+900%
8−9
−900%
4K50
+900%
5−6
−900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 90−95
+623%
13
−623%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+600%
10−11
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+711%
9
−711%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 90−95
+840%
10
−840%
Battlefield 5 120
+362%
26
−362%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+600%
10−11
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+943%
7−8
−943%
Far Cry 5 122
+1425%
8−9
−1425%
Fortnite 188
+203%
62
−203%
Forza Horizon 4 113
+565%
16−18
−565%
Forza Horizon 5 90−95
+527%
15
−527%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 196
+1207%
14−16
−1207%
Valorant 234
+359%
50−55
−359%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 90−95
+944%
9−10
−944%
Battlefield 5 134
+570%
20
−570%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+1300%
5
−1300%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+402%
55
−402%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+943%
7−8
−943%
Dota 2 124
+164%
47
−164%
Far Cry 5 113
+1313%
8−9
−1313%
Fortnite 149
+577%
22
−577%
Forza Horizon 4 112
+559%
16−18
−559%
Forza Horizon 5 90−95
+1243%
7−8
−1243%
Grand Theft Auto V 115
+667%
15
−667%
Metro Exodus 69
+1050%
6
−1050%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 173
+1053%
14−16
−1053%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 142
+788%
16
−788%
Valorant 230
+351%
50−55
−351%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 121
+572%
18
−572%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+600%
10−11
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+943%
7−8
−943%
Dota 2 117
+166%
44
−166%
Far Cry 5 106
+1225%
8−9
−1225%
Forza Horizon 4 94
+453%
16−18
−453%
Forza Horizon 5 90−95
+1243%
7−8
−1243%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130
+767%
14−16
−767%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+640%
10
−640%
Valorant 154
+202%
50−55
−202%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 141
+729%
17
−729%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
+754%
24−27
−754%
Grand Theft Auto V 60−65
+2000%
3−4
−2000%
Metro Exodus 42
+2000%
2−3
−2000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+573%
24−27
−573%
Valorant 229
+519%
35−40
−519%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 92
+922%
9−10
−922%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+440%
5−6
−440%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+1067%
3−4
−1067%
Far Cry 5 76
+1167%
6−7
−1167%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+1000%
8−9
−1000%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
+1325%
4−5
−1325%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+867%
6−7
−867%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 94
+1243%
7−8
−1243%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
+306%
16−18
−306%
Metro Exodus 26
+1200%
2−3
−1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50
+900%
5−6
−900%
Valorant 202
+1022%
18−20
−1022%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 52
+940%
5−6
−940%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Dota 2 95−100
+791%
10−12
−791%
Far Cry 5 40
+900%
4−5
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+1350%
4−5
−1350%
Forza Horizon 5 30−35
+3200%
1−2
−3200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 46
+1050%
4−5
−1050%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 46
+1050%
4−5
−1050%

This is how RTX 2070 Mobile and Radeon 540X compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 Mobile is 515% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 Mobile is 900% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 Mobile is 900% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 5, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2070 Mobile is 3200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 2070 Mobile surpassed Radeon 540X in all 61 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 34.16 3.71
Recency 29 January 2019 5 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 50 Watt

RTX 2070 Mobile has a 820.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

Radeon 540X, on the other hand, has 130% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540X in performance tests.

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