AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 930 MHz
1310.8x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1857 vs 1457

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	1219 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1857 vs 1457

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

793.6x better floating-point performance: 952.3 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 394 vs 368
4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 40722 vs 9416
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3168 vs 2296
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3168 vs 2296

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	394 vs 368
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722 vs 9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3168 vs 2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3168 vs 2296

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

368

394

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1857

1457

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9416

40722

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2296

3168

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2296

3168

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	368	394
PassMark - G3D Mark	1857	1457
Geekbench - OpenCL	9416	40722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2296	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2296	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Cape Verde	Cape Verde
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	623	599
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	930 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1219 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	512
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s	29.76 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,500 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	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	73.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	4600 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)