GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon 540X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon 540X, 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 GTX 560 Ti stacks up against Radeon 540X, check out specs charts below.

Radeon 540X is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon 540X is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon 540X here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Ti Radeon 540X
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti has 240% more power consumption, than Radeon 540X.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon 540X uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon 540X has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is used in Desktops, and Radeon 540X - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon 540X - with GCN 4.0.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon 540X - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon 540X is 3996 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 6−7
ultra / 1080p 9−10 3−4
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 14−16
medium / 1080p 18−20 7−8
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 560 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 137% more, than Radeon 540X.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Ti Radeon 540X
Architecture Fermi GCN 4.0
Code name GF114 Lexa
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 25 January 2011 12 August 2019
Pipelines 384 512
Core clock speed 822 MHz
Boost Clock 1219 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 52.67 33.47
Floating-point performance 1,263.4 gflops
Length 229 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2004 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.3 GB/s 112.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 87 Mh/s
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.39 Gh/s
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