AMD Radeon RX 540
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
AMD Radeon RX 540
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

394
Place in performance rating
846
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Value for money (0-100)
2.12
Polaris
Architecture
Tesla
Polaris 12
Code name
G92
Laptop
Type
Desktop
21 March 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
29 October 2007 (14 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$349
$166
Price now
$201 (0.6x MSRP)
13.38
Value for money
0.09
Polaris 12
GPU code name
G92
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

512
Pipelines
112
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Core clock speed
600 MHz
1219 MHz
Boost Clock
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1,500 million
Transistor count
754 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
65 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
39.01
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
1,248 gflops
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
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CUDA cores
112
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
1219 MHz
Boost clock speed
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1,500 million
Number of transistors
754 million
65 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
105 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
9" (22.9 cm)
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
large
Laptop size
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SLI options
2-way
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Bus support
PCI-E 2.0

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 Radeon RX 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
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Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
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Multi monitor support
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
+
FreeSync
no data
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data
no data
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12.0
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.6
OpenGL
2.1
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Vulkan
N/A
5.0
Shader Model
4.0
1.2
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 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 Radeon RX 540 or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
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 Radeon RX 540

10.59% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($166 vs $201 (0.6x MSRP))

More pipelines (512 vs 112)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 65 nm)

Less power consumption (65 Watt vs 105 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (96 GB/s vs 57.6 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 4 GB)

So, AMD Radeon RX 540 or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 540 .

AMD Radeon RX 540 versus NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 540
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