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).

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

AMD Radeon R9 M270X

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 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 306
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1896 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	361 vs 306
PassMark - G3D Mark	1896 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

361

306

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1896

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	361	306
PassMark - G3D Mark	1896	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	627	624
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