AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs ATI Radeon X550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and ATI Radeon X550 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 3x more core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 24381.3x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
  • 12x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 348 vs 266
  • 38.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1952 vs 51
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 1 July 2005
Core clock speed 1219 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel/s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 348 vs 266
PassMark - G3D Mark 1952 vs 51

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
348
266
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1952
51
Name AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM ATI Radeon X550
PassMark - G2D Mark 348 266
PassMark - G3D Mark 1952 51
Geekbench - OpenCL 9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2296

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM ATI Radeon X550

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Rage 9
Code name Cape Verde RV370
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 3rd Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 1 July 2005
Place in performance rating 642 639
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1219 MHz 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 512
Pixel fill rate 19.50 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel/s 1.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 107 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12 9.0
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR

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)