AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM videocard review

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Radeon RX 540 OEM videocard released by AMD; release date: 18 April 2017. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on GCN 3.0 microarchitecture codenamed Cape Verde.

Core clock speed - 1219 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1219 MHz. Texture fill rate - 39.01 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 512. Floating-point performance - 1.2 TFLOPs. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,500 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 65 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 128 bit. Memory clock speed - 6000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 96 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
361
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
1896
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
9416
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2296 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2296.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 361
PassMark - G3D Mark 1896
Geekbench - OpenCL 9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2296 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2296.000 Fps

Games performance

Anno 1800 (2019)

Low, 1280x72054.00
Medium, 1920x108018.00
High, 1920x108011.00

The Division 2 (2019)

Low, 1280x72056.00
Medium, 1920x108039.00
High, 1920x108037.00
Ultra, 1920x10808.00

Anthem (2019)

Low, 1280x72024.00
Medium, 1920x108020.00
High, 1920x108017.00

Far Cry New Dawn (2019)

Low, 1280x72040.00
Medium, 1920x108018.00
High, 1920x108017.00
Ultra, 1920x108016.00

Battlefield V (2018)

Low, 1280x72063.00
Medium, 1920x108031.00
High, 1920x108029.00
Ultra, 1920x108021.00

Hitman 2 (2018)

Low, 1280x72029.00
Medium, 1920x108018.00
High, 1920x108012.00
Ultra, 1920x10808.00

Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)

Low, 1280x72055.00
Medium, 1920x108026.00
High, 1920x108021.00
Ultra, 1920x108016.00

F1 2018 (2018)

Low, 1280x72062.00
Medium, 1920x108040.00
High, 1920x108028.00
Ultra, 1920x108021.00

Monster Hunter World (2018)

Low, 1280x72060.00
Medium, 1920x108025.00
High, 1920x108021.00
Ultra, 1920x108017.00

Far Cry 5 (2018)

Low, 1280x72037.00
Medium, 1920x108018.50
High, 1920x108021.00
Ultra, 1920x108017.00

X-Plane 11.11 (2018)

Low, 1280x72029.80
Medium, 1920x108023.30
High, 1920x108019.70

Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018)

Low, 1280x72036.90
Medium, 1920x108013.05
High, 1920x108010.20
Ultra, 1920x10807.00

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)

Low, 1280x72017.75
Medium, 1920x10806.10
High, 1920x10803.05

Fortnite (2018)

Low, 1280x720134.60
Medium, 1920x108046.05
High, 1920x108034.15
Ultra, 1920x108022.20

Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017)

Low, 1280x72042.90
Medium, 1920x108011.20
High, 1920x10809.10

Need for Speed Payback (2017)

Low, 1280x72025.00
Medium, 1920x108013.90
High, 1920x108010.70

Call of Duty WWII (2017)

Low, 1280x72062.80
Medium, 1920x108027.70
High, 1920x108012.80

Assassin's Creed Origins (2017)

Low, 1280x72038.50
Medium, 1920x108019.50
High, 1920x108022.00
Ultra, 1920x108015.00

Destiny 2 (2017)

Low, 1280x72034.40
Medium, 1920x108018.80
High, 1920x108015.50

ELEX (2017)

Low, 1280x72030.30
Medium, 1920x108015.30
High, 1920x108010.90

The Evil Within 2 (2017)

Low, 1280x72025.70
Medium, 1920x108011.10
High, 1920x10809.80

Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017)

Low, 1280x72068.50
Medium, 1920x108026.50
High, 1920x108018.50
Ultra, 1920x108020.00

FIFA 18 (2017)

Low, 1280x720115.80
Medium, 1920x108054.80
High, 1920x108040.20
Ultra, 1920x108040.00

Ark Survival Evolved (2017)

Low, 1280x72040.60
Medium, 1920x108010.50
High, 1920x108010.40

F1 2017 (2017)

Low, 1280x72073.50
Medium, 1920x108031.00
High, 1920x108022.00
Ultra, 1920x108021.00

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) (2017)

Low, 1280x72063.50
Medium, 1920x108022.60
High, 1920x108019.70
Ultra, 1920x108019.00

Team Fortress 2 (2017)

Low, 1280x72065.50
Medium, 1366x76863.00
High, 1920x108060.00

Dirt 4 (2017)

Low, 1280x720126.95
Medium, 1920x108047.85
High, 1920x108030.10
Ultra, 1920x108018.40

Rocket League (2017)

Low, 1280x720167.45
Medium, 1920x108069.50
High, 1920x108044.50

Prey (2017)

Low, 1280x720100.10
Medium, 1920x108054.95
High, 1920x108041.65
Ultra, 1920x108029.35

Mass Effect Andromeda (2017)

Low, 1280x72070.00
Medium, 1920x108034.00
High, 1920x108020.00
Ultra, 1920x108015.00

For Honor (2017)

Low, 1280x72064.00
Medium, 1920x108020.50
High, 1920x108018.90
Ultra, 1920x108014.80

Resident Evil 7 (2017)

Low, 1280x720109.95
Medium, 1920x108047.80
High, 1920x108027.40
Ultra, 1920x108012.70

Dishonored 2 (2016)

Low, 1280x72045.00
Medium, 1366x76829.00
High, 1920x108031.00
Ultra, 1920x108018.00

Farming Simulator 17 (2016)

Low, 1280x720136.85
Medium, 1366x76893.45
High, 1920x108046.40
Ultra, 1920x108059.00

Civilization VI (2016)

Low, 1024x76874.00
Medium, 1366x76852.00
High, 1920x108032.00
Ultra, 1920x108023.00

Battlefield 1 (2016)

Low, 1280x72054.20
Medium, 1366x76830.80
High, 1920x108012.20
Ultra, 1920x108010.70

Mafia 3 (2016)

Low, 1280x72042.00
Medium, 1366x76832.00
High, 1920x108022.00

Deus Ex Mankind Divided (2016)

Low, 1280x72044.00
Medium, 1366x76830.90
High, 1920x108016.50
Ultra, 1920x10809.00

Overwatch (2016)

Low, 1280x72089.30
Medium, 1366x76864.45
High, 1920x108042.00
Ultra, 1920x108027.15

Doom (2016)

Low, 1280x72049.85
Medium, 1366x76838.75
High, 1920x108020.25
Ultra, 1920x108025.00

Ashes of the Singularity (2016)

Low, 1280x76836.00
Medium, 1920x108016.25
High, 1920x108014.70

Hitman 2016 (2016)

Low, 1280x72053.00
Medium, 1366x76847.00
High, 1920x108020.00
Ultra, 1920x108019.00

The Division (2016)

Low, 1280x72043.70
Medium, 1366x76821.20
High, 1920x10809.90

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x76854.90
Medium, 1366x76829.80
High, 1920x108015.65
Ultra, 1920x108012.50

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Low, 1024x768105.50
Medium, 1366x76856.30
High, 1920x108028.00
Ultra, 1920x108021.10

World of Warships (2015)

Low, 1366x76893.70
Medium, 1366x76862.10
High, 1920x108032.70

Dota 2 Reborn (2015)

Low, 1280x72074.40
Medium, 1366x76862.50
High, 1920x108047.10
Ultra, 1920x108038.30

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76849.40
Medium, 1366x76837.00
High, 1920x108010.60
Ultra, 1920x10806.90

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x76874.90
Medium, 1366x76863.70
High, 1920x108016.70
Ultra, 1920x10806.20

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76863.00
Medium, 1366x76850.30
High, 1366x76844.40
Ultra, 1920x108038.00

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720148.85
Medium, 1366x76876.45
High, 1366x76861.65
Ultra, 1920x108027.10

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768142.00
Medium, 1366x76868.95
High, 1366x76860.25
Ultra, 1920x108031.85

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0
Code name Cape Verde
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 3rd Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 626
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1219 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 512
Pixel fill rate 19.50 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel/s
Texture Units 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
Enduro
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)