AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs AMD Radeon R7 260X
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and AMD Radeon R7 260X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- 633.3x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
- Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 vs 8 October 2013 |
| Boost clock speed | 1219 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 39.01 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt vs 115 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X
- Around 75% higher pipelines: 896 vs 512
- 1642.5x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
- Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 523 vs 348
- Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3194 vs 1952
- Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3485 vs 2296
- Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3485 vs 2296
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 896 vs 512 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,971 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 523 vs 348 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3194 vs 1952 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3485 vs 2296 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3485 vs 2296 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260X
| PassMark - G2D Mark |
|
|
||||
| PassMark - G3D Mark |
|
|
||||
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
|
|
||||
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
|
|
| Name | AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM | AMD Radeon R7 260X |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 348 | 523 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1952 | 3194 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 9416 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2296 | 3485 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2296 | 3485 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 43.745 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 804.436 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.673 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.088 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 221.539 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3845 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3845 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1481 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM | AMD Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
||
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 | GCN 2.0 |
| Code name | Cape Verde | Bonaire |
| Design | Radeon RX 500 Series | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series |
| GCN generation | 3rd Gen | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 | 8 October 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 642 | 645 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $139 | |
| Price now | $239 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 17.15 | |
Technical info |
||
| Boost clock speed | 1219 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Compute units | 8 | |
| Core clock speed | 1219 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 1.2 TFLOPs | 1,971 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 512 | 896 |
| Pixel fill rate | 19.50 GP/s | |
| Render output units | 16 | |
| Stream Processors | 512 | 896 |
| Texture fill rate | 39.01 GTexel/s | 61.6 GTexel / s |
| Texture Units | 32 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 115 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,500 million | 2,080 million |
Video outputs and ports |
||
| DisplayPort support | ||
| Dual-link DVI support | ||
| HDMI | ||
| VGA | ||
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | |
| Eyefinity | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
||
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1 x 6-pin |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Length | 170 mm | |
API support |
||
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
||
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 104 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | 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) | ||
| DDMA audio | ||
Navigation
Choose a GPU
Compare videocards
Compare AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM with others
AMDRadeon RX 540 OEM vs
NVIDIAQuadro FX 1000
AMDRadeon RX 540 OEM vs
NVIDIAQuadro NVS 210S
AMDRadeon RX 540 OEM vs
ATIRadeon X550
AMDRadeon RX 540 OEM vs
AMDRadeon R7 260X
AMDRadeon RX 540 OEM vs
AMDFirePro W5100
AMDRadeon RX 540 OEM vs
NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
