NVIDIA GeForce MX150 vs AMD Radeon RX 540
NVIDIA GeForce MX150
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The Nvidia GeForce MX150 is a dedicated entry-level mobile graphics card for laptops based on the GP108 chip with the Pascal architecture. It was announced mid 2017 and is the mobile version of the desktop GeForce GT 1030. It offers the same 384 shader cores and 64 Bit memory bus manufactured in 14 nm. The clock rates and performance however are a bit higher than the desktop GT 1030. Officially it is the successor to the older Maxwell based GeForce 940MX.
Currently there are two variants of the MX150, a "normal" N17S-G1-A1 with 1468 - 1531 MHz and 25 Watt TDP and a power efficient variant named N17S-LG-A1 with 936 - 1037 MHz (-32%) and 10 Watt TDP (-60%) for thin and light laptops.
The GP108 chip is manufactured in a 14 nm FinFET process at Samsung (LPP) and offers a number of new features, including support for DisplayPort 1.4 (ready), HDMI 2.0b, HDR and improved H.265 video de- and encoding (PlayReady 3.0). 4K HDR with Netflix however wont run due to the minimum 3 GB graphics memory that is required. Compared to the bigger Pascal chips, the small GP108 does not support Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP) for VR and G-Sync. A full list of improvements and the new Pascal desktop GPUs is available in our dedicated Pascal architecture article.
The performance however is higher than the old GeForce GTX 950M with GDDR5 memory. Still modern and demanding games only run in low settings and resolutions fluently. E.g. Assassin's Creed Origins was only playable in lowest settings and 1280x720 pixels. Less demanding games like Call of Duty WW2 also ran in medium settings and Full HD fluently. See below for more and detailed gaming benchmarks.
The power efficient N17S-LG-A1 ULV variant is clearly slower than the normal one (due to the 32% lower boost clock).
The power consumption (25 Watt TDP of the chip alone) however lies on a level of the old 940MX (23 Watt). The older 950M and the new GTX 1050 are rated much higher with 40 Watt TDP. The GeForce MX150 also uses a small 23 x 23 mm package due to the small chip size.
AMD Radeon RX 540
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The AMD Radeon RX 540 is mobile mid-range graphics card for laptops based on the Polaris 12 chip (most likely). It is manufactured in an improved 14 nm FinFET process at Globalfoundries. The performance should be between the Radeon Pro 450 and 455 in the MacBook Pro 2016 range that is also based on the Polaris architecture. AMD specifies the RX 450 at 1.2 TFLOPS (Pro 450 1 TFLOP, Pro 455 1.3 TFLOPs). Compared to Nvidia graphics cards, the gaming performance should be between the GeForce GTX 950M and GTX 960M.
The features of the Radeon RX 540 are identical to the faster RX 460 and all other Polaris chips. See more details on the Polaris architecture here.
The power envelope of the faster Radeon Pro 460 is rated at 35 Watt according to the AMD blog post. Due to the slower specs, the Radeon RX 540 use slightly less.
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Codename | N17S-G1 | Polaris 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Pascal | Polaris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 384 - unified | 512 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TMUs | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ROPs | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 1468 - 1532 (Boost) MHz | 1219 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 6008 effective = 1502 MHz | 6000 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bandwidth | 40.1 GB/s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5 | DirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 25 Watt (10 - 25 Watt TGP) | 75 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistors | 1.8 Billion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Die Size | 71 mm² | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 14 nm | 14 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PCIe | 3 x4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | Vulkan, Multi Monitor, Nvidia Optimus | DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 16.05.2017 | 21.03.2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.geforce.com | www.amd.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Successor | GeForce MX250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | GeForce 940MX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notebook Size | large |
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce MX150
specvp12 sw-03 + NVIDIA GeForce MX150
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce MX150
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + NVIDIA GeForce MX150
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce MX150 → 100% n=26
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon RX 540 → 98% n=26

* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

FIFA 23
2022
Ghostwire Tokyo
2022
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6
2022
GRID Legends
2022
Elden Ring
2022
God of War
2022
Farming Simulator 22
2021
F1 2021
2021
Outriders
2021
Cyberpunk 2077 1.0
2020
Watch Dogs Legion
2020
Star Wars Squadrons
2020
Serious Sam 4
2020
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
F1 2020
2020
Valorant
2020
Gears Tactics
2020
Doom Eternal
2020
Hunt Showdown
2020
Escape from Tarkov
2020
Hearthstone
2020
Fall Guys
2020
Need for Speed Heat
2019
GRID 2019
2019
FIFA 20
2019
Borderlands 3
2019
Control
2019
F1 2019
2019
Anno 1800
2019
The Division 2
2019
Dirt Rally 2.0
2019
Anthem
2019
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
Metro Exodus
2019
Apex Legends
2019
Just Cause 4
2018
Darksiders III
2018
Battlefield V
2018
Farming Simulator 19
2018
Fallout 76
2018
Hitman 2
2018
Forza Horizon 4
2018
FIFA 19
2018
F1 2018
2018
Monster Hunter World
2018
The Crew 2
2018
Far Cry 5
2018
X-Plane 11.11
2018