NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and AMD Radeon 540X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

97
Place in performance rating
558
Turing
Architecture
GCN 4.0
TU106B
Code name
Lexa
Laptop
Type
Laptop
6 January 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$1311
Price now
$421
10.36
Value for money
3.25
N18E-G2 MAX-Q TU106
GPU code name
Lexa
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and AMD Radeon 540X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
512
885-1080 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1185 MHz
Boost Clock
1046 MHz
10,800 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
80 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
170.6
Texture fill rate
33.47
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1185-1305 MHz
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
10,800 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
80 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and AMD Radeon 540X.

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

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and AMD Radeon 540X can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
12000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
384.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and AMD Radeon 540X, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and AMD Radeon 540X is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
7.5
CUDA
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and AMD Radeon 540X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
+
6.5
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and AMD Radeon 540X 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q or AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q 238.2 152.6 91.4 72 62.7 26.3
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q 173 150 132 127 85.3 55.2
AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

51.06% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 512)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 14 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (384.0 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

Cheaper ($421 vs $1311)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 80 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q or AMD Radeon 540X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q .

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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