AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile vs AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile and AMD Radeon HD 7450 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 625 MHz
7800x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 5 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 512 vs 160
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1066 MHz
14.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8954 vs 635

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 160
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1066 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	8954 vs 635

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

160x better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 50 Watt

Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8954

635

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	8954	635
PassMark - G3D Mark		224
PassMark - G2D Mark		145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		99.563
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1626

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Lexa	Caicos
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	5 January 2012
Place in performance rating	1521	1523
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs	200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	160
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	5 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	8.528 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1066 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support