AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 M270X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 M270X 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 57% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 812.7x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • 5.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 306
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1857 vs 1204
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 21 March 2014
Core clock speed 1219 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed 1219 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 368 vs 306
PassMark - G3D Mark 1857 vs 1204

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M270X

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
  • 1280x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 2296
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 2296
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 768 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 2296

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M270X

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
368
306
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1857
1204
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2296
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2296
3717
Name AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM AMD Radeon R9 M270X
PassMark - G2D Mark 368 306
PassMark - G3D Mark 1857 1204
Geekbench - OpenCL 9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2296 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2296 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM AMD Radeon R9 M270X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Cape Verde Venus
Design Radeon RX 500 Series AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
GCN generation 3rd Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 21 March 2014
Place in performance rating 623 610
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz 775 MHz
Compute units 8 10
Core clock speed 1219 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 768
Pixel fill rate 19.50 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel/s 48 GTexel / s
Texture Units 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 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
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenCL 2.0 Not Listed
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1125 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)
DualGraphics
HD3D
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore