AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Cayman and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
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Value for money (0-100)
1.52
TeraScale 3
Architecture
Curie
Cayman
Code name
NV43 A2
Desktop
Type
Workstation
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Release date
9 August 2004 (17 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$17.44
Price now
$60 (0.2x MSRP)
Cayman
GPU code name
NV43 A2
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Cayman and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
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Core clock speed
300 MHz
2,640 million
Transistor count
146 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt
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Texture fill rate
2.400
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
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2,640 million
Number of transistors
146 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
25 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Cayman and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540.

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Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
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Length
198 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Cayman and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
500 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Cayman and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Cayman and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
4.4
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Cayman and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Cayman or NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Cayman

Cheaper ($17.44 vs $60 (0.2x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 110 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

0.35% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Cayman or NVIDIA Quadro FX 540?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 .

AMD Cayman versus NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Cayman
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro FX 540