AMD Radeon 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Lexa | GF100 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Lexa PRO (215-0904018) | N11E-GTX-A3 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Fermi |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,200 million | 3,100 million |
| Die size | 103 mm² | 529 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Feb 11th, 2019 | May 25th, 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Mobility Radeon (M500X) | GeForce 400M |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Predecessor | Crystal System | GeForce 300M |
| Reviews | — | 3 in our database |
| Successor | — | GeForce 500M |
Clocks
| Base clock | 980 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1095 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 1000 MHz 4 Gbps effective | 600 MHz 2.4 Gbps effective |
| GPU clock | — | 425 MHz |
| Shader clock | — | 850 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 32.00 GB/s | 76.80 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 512 | 352 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 32 | 44 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| Compute units | 8 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| SM count | — | 11 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 17.52 GPixel/s | 9.350 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 35.04 GTexel/s | 18.70 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 1,121 GFLOPS (1:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1,121 GFLOPS | 598.4 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 70.08 GFLOPS (1:16) | 74.80 GFLOPS (1:8) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 50 W | 100 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | — | P1028 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.0 |
