NVIDIA GeForce GT 1010 vs AMD Radeon 540

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking683not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.30no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameLexaGP108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 March 2019 (5 years old)13 January 2021 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data
Current price$1233 (15.6x MSRP)$285
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores512256
Core clock speed1100 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1124 MHz1468 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate35.9723.49

Size and 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 3.0 x16
Length145 mm147 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed7000 MHz5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth56 GB/s40.1 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDAno data6.1

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 26 March 2019 13 January 2021
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 30 Watt

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