Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile vs Radeon 540X

Place in the ranking	708	210
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.11	22.49
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Lexa	TU106
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	5 September 2018 (6 years ago)	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)

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	512	2304
Core clock speed	980 MHz	945 MHz
Boost clock speed	1046 MHz	1380 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.47	198.7
Floating-point processing power	1.071 TFLOPS	6.359 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	32	144
Tensor Cores	no data	288
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	36

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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 540X 3.73

RTX 3000 Mobile 26.24
+603%

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 540X 1437

RTX 3000 Mobile 10116
+604%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Radeon 540X 4097

RTX 3000 Mobile 19879
+385%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Radeon 540X 11545

RTX 3000 Mobile 50309
+336%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Radeon 540X 2779

RTX 3000 Mobile 14842
+434%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Radeon 540X 15167

RTX 3000 Mobile 91394
+503%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

Radeon 540X 797

RTX 3000 Mobile 5589
+601%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	19 −447%	104 +447%
4K	12−14 −633%	88 +633%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

−378%

40−45
+378%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16 −381%	77 +381%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12 −275%	45−50 +275%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −975%	85−90 +975%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −563%	50−55 +563%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −514%	40−45 +514%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −757%	60−65 +757%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −580%	65−70 +580%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −586%	150−160 +586%
Hitman 3	11 −382%	50−55 +382%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −362%	120−130 +362%
Metro Exodus	23 −291%	90−95 +291%
Red Dead Redemption 2	19 −258%	65−70 +258%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −536%	85−90 +536%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −152%	100−110 +152%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −418%	55−60 +418%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1400%	45−50 +1400%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −975%	85−90 +975%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −563%	50−55 +563%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −514%	40−45 +514%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −757%	60−65 +757%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −580%	65−70 +580%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −586%	150−160 +586%
Hitman 3	9−10 −489%	50−55 +489%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −362%	120−130 +362%
Metro Exodus	17 −429%	90−95 +429%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14 −386%	65−70 +386%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20 −345%	85−90 +345%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −273%	55−60 +273%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −152%	100−110 +152%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −255%	39 +255%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1400%	45−50 +1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −563%	50−55 +563%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −514%	40−45 +514%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −757%	60−65 +757%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −586%	150−160 +586%
Hitman 3	9−10 −489%	50−55 +489%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −362%	120−130 +362%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 −424%	85−90 +424%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 −460%	56 +460%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −152%	100−110 +152%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−467%

65−70
+467%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −750%	16−18 +750%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −650%	30−33 +650%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −4900%	150−160 +4900%
Hitman 3	8−9 −288%	30−35 +288%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −500%	50−55 +500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −1000%	30−35 +1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −535%	140−150 +535%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−529%

40−45
+529%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1200%	24−27 +1200%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Metro Exodus	0−1	30−33

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1400%	14−16 +1400%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	7−8
Far Cry 5	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−360%

21−24
+360%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

30−35

+0%

30−35

+0%

This is how Radeon 540X and RTX 3000 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3000 Mobile is 447% faster in 1080p
RTX 3000 Mobile is 633% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3000 Mobile is 4900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3000 Mobile is ahead in 63 tests (90%)
there's a draw in 7 tests (10%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.73	26.24
Recency	5 September 2018	27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt

Radeon 540X has 60% lower power consumption.

RTX 3000 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 603.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540X in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 540X is a notebook graphics card while Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.