AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile vs AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile and AMD Radeon R4 Graphics 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 - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/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 R4 Graphics

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 800 MHz
6093.8x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 512 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 11 June 2014
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

163.8x better floating-point performance: 204.8 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	204.8 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	8386 vs 8385

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8385

8386

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
Geekbench - OpenCL	8385	8386
PassMark - G3D Mark		336
PassMark - G2D Mark		99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		107.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		10.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		13.097
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		701
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		701
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1811

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Lexa	Beema
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	11 June 2014
Place in performance rating	1546	1548
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs	204.8 gflops
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	6.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	930 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	IGP
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	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	System Shared
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support