GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1294 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.55 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | M92 | AD104 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores | 80 | 7424 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 795 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1350 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 242 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.400 | 313.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.088 TFLOPS | 20.04 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 80 |
| TMUs | 8 | 232 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 232 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 58 |
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).
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 336.0 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 May 2010 | 3 January 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 60 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 540v has 300% lower power consumption.
RTX 4080 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1275% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 540v and GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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