Quadro P400 vs Radeon 540X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P400 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 Quadro P400 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

  Quadro P400 Radeon 540X
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon 540X has 66% more power consumption, than Quadro P400.
  • Quadro P400 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon 540X uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro P400 and Radeon 540X have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro P400 is used in Desktops, and Radeon 540X - in Laptops.
  • Quadro P400 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon 540X - with GCN 4.0.
  • Quadro P400 and Radeon 540X are manufactured by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon 540X is 1992 MHz higher, than Quadro P400.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 6−7
ultra / 1080p 4−5 3−4
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 14−16
medium / 1080p 9−10 7−8
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P400 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 25% more, than Radeon 540X.

Full Specs

  Quadro P400 Radeon 540X
Architecture Pascal GCN 4.0
Code name GP107 Lexa
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 7 February 2017 12 August 2019
Pipelines 256 512
Core clock speed 1228 MHz
Boost Clock 1252 MHz 1219 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 20.03 33.47
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.06 GB/s 112.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
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