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    GeForce GTX 950M vs Radeon RX 540

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon RX 540. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon RX 540. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon RX 540 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon RX 540 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce GTX 950M or Radeon RX 540 here:

    GeForce GTX 950M Laptops
    Radeon RX 540 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 950M Radeon RX 540
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 65 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type DDR3 or GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 950M has 15% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 540.
    • GeForce GTX 950M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon RX 540 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon RX 540 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 950M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 540 - with Polaris.
    • GeForce GTX 950M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 540 - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 540 is 5000 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 12−14 14−16
    ultra / 1080p 8−9 8−9
    QHD / 1440p 2−3 3−4
    low / 720p 27−30 30−33
    medium / 1080p 16−18 18−20
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 540 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 15% more, than GeForce GTX 950M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 950M Radeon RX 540
    Architecture Maxwell Polaris
    Code name N16P-GT Polaris 12
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2015 21 March 2017
    Pipelines 640 512
    Core clock speed 914 MHz
    Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1219 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 44.96 39.01
    Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops 1,248 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 32 or 80 GB/s 96 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 12.0
    Shader Model 5.1 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 640
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 140 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 2.5 Mh/s
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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