AMD Radeon 540 vs AMD Radeon R9 M380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and AMD Radeon R9 M380 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 12565
  • 4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2355 vs 536
  • 4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2355 vs 536
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 2855
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 2855
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 vs 12565
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2355 vs 536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2355 vs 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 2855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 2855

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M380

  • 1280x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 250x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 6 Gbps
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 248
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2765 vs 1404
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3688 vs 1726
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3688 vs 1726
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 509 vs 248
PassMark - G3D Mark 2765 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3688 vs 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3688 vs 1726

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M380

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
248
509
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
2765
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
35524
12565
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2355
536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2355
536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
2855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
2855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
3688
Name AMD Radeon 540 AMD Radeon R9 M380
PassMark - G2D Mark 248 509
PassMark - G3D Mark 1404 2765
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 12565
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2355 536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2355 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 2855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 2855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1726 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1726 3688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 546.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 48.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 194.051

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 540 AMD Radeon R9 M380

Essentials

Architecture 4th Gen GCN GCN 2.0
Code name Topaz Strato
Design AMD Radeon 500 Series AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 873 876
Type Notebook Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz 1000 MHz
Compute units 8
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1,536 gflops
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture Units 32
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 768
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs
Eyefinity

API support

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 6 Gbps 1500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized