AMD Radeon RX 550X vs AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon RX 540 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
- Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 1219 MHz
- Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 39.01 GTexel/s
- Around 38% better floating-point performance: 1.65 TFLOPs vs 1.2 TFLOPs
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
- Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
- Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 356
- Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2307 vs 1876
- Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3139 vs 2296
- Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3139 vs 2296
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 3 April 2018 vs 18 April 2017 |
| Boost clock speed | 1287 MHz vs 1219 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 51.48 GTexel/s vs 39.01 GTexel/s |
| Floating-point performance | 1.65 TFLOPs vs 1.2 TFLOPs |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 65 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 416 vs 356 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2307 vs 1876 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3139 vs 2296 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3139 vs 2296 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
- Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1100 MHz
- Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9416 vs 9151
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 1219 MHz vs 1100 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 9416 vs 9151 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 550X | AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 416 | 356 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2307 | 1876 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 9151 | 9416 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3428 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3428 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3139 | 2296 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3139 | 2296 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3349 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3349 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 550X | AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | GCN 3.0 |
| Code name | Lexa | Cape Verde |
| Design | Radeon RX 500X Series | Radeon RX 500 Series |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | 3rd Gen |
| Launch date | 3 April 2018 | 18 April 2017 |
| Place in performance rating | 633 | 635 |
| Type | Desktop, Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1287 MHz | 1219 MHz |
| Compute units | 8/10 | 8 |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1219 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1.65 TFLOPs | 1.2 TFLOPs |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 512 | 512 |
| Pixel fill rate | 20.60 GP/s | 19.50 GP/s |
| Render output units | 16 | 16 |
| Stream Processors | 512/640 | 512 |
| Texture fill rate | 51.48 GTexel/s | 39.01 GTexel/s |
| Texture Units | 40 | 32 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 65 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,200 million | 1,500 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 145 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Vulkan | ||
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 96 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 6000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | ||
| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| Enduro | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TressFX | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
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