GB10 vs Radeon 540

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking760not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.10no data
Power efficiency5.21no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Blackwell (2024−2025)
GPU code nameLexaGB10
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date20 April 2017 (8 years ago)27 August 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores3846144
Core clock speed1183 MHz1665 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHz2525 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate28.39969.6
Floating-point processing power0.9085 TFLOPS31.03 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs24384
Tensor Coresno data384
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Length145 mm150 mm
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 GB
Memory bus width32 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1067 MHz
Memory bandwidth24 GB/s273.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)N/A
Shader Model6.7N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA-10.1
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 27 August 2025
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm

GB10 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 540 and GB10. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 540 is a desktop graphics card while GB10 is a workstation one.

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