Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7970 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 7970 is 351 days newer than GeForce GT 540M.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
- Consumes up to 86% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 35 vs 250 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Performs up to 12% better in Rust than GeForce GT 540M - 92 vs 82 FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M - 3 vs 1 GB
Rust
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 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 5th, 2011 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| GeForce 500M | Generation | Southern Islands |
| Not Available | MSRP | $549 |
| None | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 1 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| DDR3 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 28.8 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
| 672 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 900 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
