GeForce 940A vs Radeon 540

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 940A and Radeon 540, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 940A stacks up against Radeon 540, check out specs charts below.
GeForce 940A
Radeon 540

Main Specs

  GeForce 940A Radeon 540
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon 540 has 51% more power consumption, than GeForce 940A.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon 540 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 940A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 940A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon 540 - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon 540 is 71 MHz higher, than GeForce 940A.
  • GeForce 940A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon 540 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon 540 is 4998 MHz higher, than GeForce 940A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 6−7
ultra / 1080p 2−3 3−4
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 5−6 7−8
The average gaming FPS of Radeon 540 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than GeForce 940A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940A Radeon 540
Architecture Maxwell GCN 4.0
Code name GM108 Lexa
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 March 2015 26 March 2019
Pipelines 384 512
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1100 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1124 MHz
Transistor count 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 35.97
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 56 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0