AMD Radeon 540 vs ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and ATI Radeon X1600 XT 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
  • 12.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1404 vs 116
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1745
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1745
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 1 October 2007
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1404 vs 116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 1745

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 XT

  • 230x more memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 6 Gbps
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 356 vs 248
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 1380 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 356 vs 248

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
248
356
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
1745
Name AMD Radeon 540 ATI Radeon X1600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 248 356
PassMark - G3D Mark 1404 116
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1726

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 540 ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Essentials

Architecture 4th Gen GCN R500
Code name Topaz RV530
Design AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 1 October 2007
Place in performance rating 860 858
Type Notebook Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Compute units 8
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture Units 32
Core clock speed 590 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm
Texture fill rate 2.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 42 Watt
Transistor count 157 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

DirectX 12 9.0c
Vulkan
OpenGL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s 22.08 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6 Gbps 1380 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None