Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7870M outperforms GeForce GT 540M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7870M is 475 days newer than GeForce GT 540M.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7870M - 35 vs 45 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870M
- Performs up to 3% better in Minecraft than GeForce GT 540M - 507 vs 494 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M - 2 vs 1 GB
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce GT 540M
Mobile • Jan 5th, 2011
Radeon HD 7870M
Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GT 540M
Mobile • Jan 5th, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
2.688 GPixel/s
21%
Texel Fillrate
10.75 GTexel/s
33%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7870M |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 5th, 2011 | Release Date | Apr 24th, 2012 |
| GeForce 500M | Generation | London |
| Not Available | MSRP | Not Available |
| None | Outputs | None |
| None | Power Connectors | None |
Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| 1 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
| DDR3 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
| 28.8 GB/s | Bandwidth | 64 GB/s |
| 672 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 800 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 900 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1000 MHz |
