GeForce FX 5600 XT vs Radeon 540

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	772	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.10	no data
Power efficiency	5.33	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	Lexa	NV31
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	20 April 2017 (8 years ago)	17 March 2003 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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 cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	1183 MHz	235 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,200 million	80 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	28.39	0.94
Floating-point processing power	0.9085 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	24	4
L1 Cache	96 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	32 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	24 GB/s	6.4 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 Connectors

2x DisplayPort 1.4a

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	9.0a
Shader Model	6.7	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	2.1	N/A
Vulkan	1.3	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 April 2017	17 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	130 nm

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