AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 vs AMD Radeon HD 6540G2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 and AMD Radeon HD 6540G2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 Vega 5

AMD Radeon HD 6540G2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 5

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	7 Jan 2020 vs 14 June 2011
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6540G2

Around 50% higher pipelines: 480 vs 320

Pipelines	480 vs 320

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 5
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6540G2

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 5	AMD Radeon HD 6540G2
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	902
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		802
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1597

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 5	AMD Radeon HD 6540G2
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	Terascale 2
Code name	Vega
Launch date	7 Jan 2020	14 June 2011
Place in performance rating	1532	1529
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	320	480
API support
DirectX	12.1	11
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size		medium sized
Memory
Shared memory		0