AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile vs AMD Radeon HD 8240

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile and AMD Radeon HD 8240 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 540X Mobile

AMD Radeon HD 8240

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 400 MHz
4x more pipelines: 512 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
8.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8663 vs 978

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 23 May 2013
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	8663 vs 978

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8240

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8663

978

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	AMD Radeon HD 8240
Geekbench - OpenCL	8663	978
PassMark - G2D Mark		63
PassMark - G3D Mark		246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1627

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	AMD Radeon HD 8240
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN
Code name	Lexa	Temash
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	23 May 2013
Place in performance rating	1535	1538
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	128
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12	11.1
OpenGL	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support