NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 vs AMD Radeon 540

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Combined performance score

Radeon 540
3.50

GeForce GTX 285 outperforms Radeon 540 by 12% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking683656
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.300.64
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameLexaGT200B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 March 2019 (5 years old)23 December 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 $359
Current price$1233 (15.6x MSRP)$98 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 285 has 113% better value for money than Radeon 540.

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 cores512240
CUDA coresno data240
Core clock speed1100 MHz648 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt204 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate35.9751.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performanceno data708.5 gflops

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 2.0 x16
Length145 mm10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-pin
SLI optionsno data+

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed7000 MHz1242 MHz
Memory bandwidth56 GB/s159.0 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 DisplayPortHDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

Technologies

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

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)no data128bit

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Radeon 540 3.50
GTX 285 3.92
+12%

GeForce GTX 285 outperforms Radeon 540 by 12% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Radeon 540 1358
GTX 285 1519
+11.9%

GeForce GTX 285 outperforms Radeon 540 by 12% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.50 3.92
Recency 26 March 2019 23 December 2008
Cost $79 $359
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 204 Watt

The GeForce GTX 285 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540 in performance tests.


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