NVIDIA GeForce GTX 490 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)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameLexaGF100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 March 2019 (5 years old)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data
Current price$1233 (15.6x MSRP)$315
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 cores512480
Core clock speed1100 MHz608 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt365 Watt
Texture fill rate35.9736.48

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 mm279 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed7000 MHz3.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth56 GB/s164.0 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 DisplayPort3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDAno data2.0

Advantages and disadvantages


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 365 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon 540 and GeForce GTX 490. We've got no test results to judge.


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