AMD Radeon 540 vs AMD Radeon RX 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and AMD Radeon RX 550 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

  • 3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 11662
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2355 vs 940
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2355 vs 940
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 2158
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 2158
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 vs 11662
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2355 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2355 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 2158

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1124 MHz
  • 1166.7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6 Gbps
  • Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 484 vs 251
  • Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2732 vs 1383
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 1726
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 1726
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1183 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 484 vs 251
PassMark - G3D Mark 2732 vs 1383
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 vs 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 vs 1726

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 550

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
251
484
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1383
2732
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
35524
11662
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2355
940
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2355
940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
2158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
4485
Name AMD Radeon 540 AMD Radeon RX 550
PassMark - G2D Mark 251 484
PassMark - G3D Mark 1383 2732
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 11662
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2355 940
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2355 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1726 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1726 4485
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1199

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 540 AMD Radeon RX 550

Essentials

Architecture 4th Gen GCN GCN 4.0
Code name Topaz Lexa
Design AMD Radeon 500 Series Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 871 873
Type Notebook Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Price now $75
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz 1183 MHz
Compute units 8
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1.2 TFLOPs
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture Units 32
Core clock speed 1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Pipelines 512
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

API support

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s 112 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 6 Gbps 7000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None