AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and AMD Radeon R7 M270DX 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).

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 940 MHz
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 356 vs 233
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1876 vs 962

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 11 June 2014
Core clock speed	1219 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz vs 940 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	356 vs 233
PassMark - G3D Mark	1876 vs 962

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

356

233

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1876

962

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
PassMark - G2D Mark	356	233
PassMark - G3D Mark	1876	962
Geekbench - OpenCL	9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2296

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Cape Verde	Topaz
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	11 June 2014
Place in performance rating	636	639
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	940 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1219 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	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	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	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)