Quadro 6000 vs Radeon RX 540

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 6000 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 Quadro 6000 stacks up against Radeon RX 540, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 540 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 540 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 RX 540 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 6000 Radeon RX 540
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 65 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro 6000 has 213% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 540.
  • Quadro 6000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 540 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 6000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 540.
  • Quadro 6000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 540 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 6000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon RX 540 - with Polaris.
  • Quadro 6000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 540 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 540 is 3012 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 14−16
ultra / 1080p 8−9 8−9
QHD / 1440p 3−4 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 7% more, than Quadro 6000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 6000 Radeon RX 540
Architecture Fermi Polaris
Code name GF100 Polaris 12
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 10 December 2010 21 March 2017
Pipelines 448 512
Core clock speed 574 MHz
Boost Clock 1219 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 32.14 39.01
Floating-point performance 1,027.7 gflops 1,248 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2988 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 143.4 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12.0
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 91 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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