AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile vs Intel UHD Graphics 605

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile and Intel UHD Graphics 605 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

Intel UHD Graphics 605

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
5.6x more core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 800 MHz
28.4x more pipelines: 512 vs 18
5.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8385 vs 1466

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 11 December 2017
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz vs 800 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 18
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	8385 vs 1466

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 605

10x lower typical power consumption: 5 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics 605

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8385

1466

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	Intel UHD Graphics 605
Geekbench - OpenCL	8385	1466
PassMark - G3D Mark		370
PassMark - G2D Mark		108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		66.304
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.113
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1643
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1643
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1961

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile	Intel UHD Graphics 605
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Generation 9.5
Code name	Lexa	Gemini Lake GT1
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	11 December 2017
Place in performance rating	1547	1548
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	800 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	512	18
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	5 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR4 / LPDDR4
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
Quick Sync