GeForce GT 540M vs Radeon R9 M270X
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 540M |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 M270X |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 M270X
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 540M | | Radeon R9 M270X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF108 (N12P-GS-A1) | vs | Venus (Venus XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 116 mm² | vs | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 585 million | vs | 1,500 million |
| Shaders | 96 | vs | 640 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 672 MHz | vs | 725 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 40 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 540M | | Radeon R9 M270X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 540M | | Radeon R9 M270X | |
|---|
| TDP | 35 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Jan 2011 | vs | 21 Mar 2014 |
GeForce GT 540M
2.68 GP/s
Radeon R9 M270X
12.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 540M
10.75 GT/s
Radeon R9 M270X
31.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 540M
28.80 GB/s
Radeon R9 M270X
64.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 540M
258.05 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 M270X
992.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better