RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell vs Radeon 540

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 540 with RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell, including specs and performance data.

Radeon 540
2017
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
3.28

PRO 5000 Blackwell outperforms 540 by a whopping 2949% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7651
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.10no data
Power efficiency5.2726.85
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameLexaGB202
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date20 April 2017 (8 years ago)18 March 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

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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 cores38414080
Core clock speed1183 MHz1590 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHz2617 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate28.391,151
Floating-point processing power0.9085 TFLOPS73.69 TFLOPS
ROPs16176
TMUs24440
Tensor Coresno data440
Ray Tracing Coresno data110
L1 Cache96 KBno data
L2 Cache512 KBno 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Length145 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount1 GB48 GB
Memory bus width32 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth24 GB/s1.34 TB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 1.4a4x DisplayPort 2.1b

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.31.4
CUDA-12.0
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmarks

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Radeon 540 3.28
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 100.00
+2949%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Radeon 540 1451
Samples: 68
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 45357
+3026%
Samples: 1

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.28 100.00
Recency 20 April 2017 18 March 2025
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 300 Watt

Radeon 540 has 500% lower power consumption.

RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell, on the other hand, has a 2948.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 540 is a desktop graphics card while RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell is a workstation one.

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