NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M vs ATI Radeon X1950 XTX Uber Edition

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M and ATI Radeon X1950 XTX Uber Edition. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GF108GPU NameR580+
N12P-GS-A1Model numberR580+ XT
(215BAABKA31FG)
FermiArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size90 nm
585 millionTransistors384 million
116 mm²Die Size352 mm²

Graphics Card

Jan 5th, 2011Release DateJan 19th, 2007
GeForce 500MFamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1950)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 400MPredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
MXM-A (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

1024 MBMemory Size512 MB
DDR3Memory TypeGDDR4
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
28.80 GB/sBandwidth67.20 GB/s

Performance

2.688 GPixel/sPixel fillrate10.72 GPixel/s
10.75 GTexel/sTexture fillrate10.72 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

900 MHz
1800 Mbps effective
Memory Clock1050 MHz
2.1 Gbps effective
672 MHzGPU Clock670 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs16
4ROPs16

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
35 WThermal design power (TDP)125 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x VHDCI

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
4.6OpenGL2.1 (full)
3.0 (partial)
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
5.1Shader Model3.0