GeForce FX 5800 vs Radeon RX 540

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking542not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency9.93no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameLexaNV30
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 November 2017 (7 years ago)6 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

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 cores512no data
Core clock speed1124 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1219 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 million125 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt44 Watt
Texture fill rate39.013.200
Floating-point processing power1.248 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs328

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8AGP 8x
Lengthno data213 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x Molex

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s12.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)9.0a
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.61.5 (2.1)
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2017 6 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 44 Watt

RX 540 has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

FX 5800, on the other hand, has 13.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 540 and GeForce FX 5800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 540 is a notebook card while GeForce FX 5800 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX 540
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