AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs AMD Radeon RX 540 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and AMD Radeon RX 540 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 8 Mobile

AMD Radeon RX 540 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

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

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 Mobile

3.7x more core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Around 11% better floating-point performance: 1,248 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
7.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 540 Mobile

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	AMD Radeon RX 540 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	399
PassMark - G3D Mark	1527
Geekbench - OpenCL	8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	AMD Radeon RX 540 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Vega	Lexa
Launch date	24 November 2017	11 November 2017
Place in performance rating	665	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1219 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1124 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,126 gflops	1,248 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	512	512
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s	39.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	4,500 million	2,200 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5