NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M and AMD Radeon 540X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

1047
Place in performance rating
558
1.41
Value for money (0-100)
no data
G8x
Architecture
GCN 4.0
G84
Code name
Lexa
Mobile workstation
Type
Laptop
1 June 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$149.90
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$212 (1.4x MSRP)
Price now
$421
no data
Value for money
3.25
NB8P-GLM
GPU code name
Lexa
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M and AMD Radeon 540X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

32
Pipelines
512
625 MHz
Core clock speed
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no data
Boost Clock
1046 MHz
289 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
80 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
10.00
Texture fill rate
33.47
80 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
32
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
no data
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
289 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
50 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 Quadro FX 1600M and AMD Radeon 540X.

MXM-HE
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
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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 Quadro FX 1600M and AMD Radeon 540X can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
256 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
25.6 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 Quadro FX 1600M and AMD Radeon 540X, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M and AMD Radeon 540X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
3.3
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M 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 Quadro FX 1600M or AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
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 Quadro FX 1600M

Cheaper ($212 (1.4x MSRP) vs $421)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

5.41% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (512 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 80 nm)

More memory bandwidth (112.0 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M or AMD Radeon 540X?

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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

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