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    GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon RX 540

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon RX 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 GTX 960M stacks up against Radeon RX 540, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon RX 540 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 960M 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 960M or Radeon RX 540 here:

    GeForce GTX 960M Laptops
    Radeon RX 540 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon RX 540
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 65 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 960M has 15% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 540.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon RX 540 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon RX 540 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 540 - with Polaris.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 540 - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 540 is 3500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 18−20 14−16
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 8−9
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
    4K / 2160p 4−5 −
    low / 720p 35−40 30−33
    medium / 1080p 21−24 18−20
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Radeon RX 540.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon RX 540
    Architecture Maxwell Polaris
    Code name N16P-GX Polaris 12
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2015 21 March 2017
    Pipelines 640 512
    Core clock speed 1096 MHz
    Boost Clock 1202 MHz 1219 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 47.04 39.01
    Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 1,248 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 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) 175 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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