AMD Radeon Vega 9 vs AMD Radeon 540

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 9 and AMD Radeon 540 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, 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 Vega 9

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1124 MHz
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 409 vs 247
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1591 vs 1362
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2591 vs 1726
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2591 vs 1726
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 Oct 2017 vs 18 April 2017
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 409 vs 247
PassMark - G3D Mark 1591 vs 1362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2591 vs 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2591 vs 1726

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

  • 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 9870
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2355 vs 1856
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2355 vs 1856
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 2482
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 2482
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 vs 9870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2355 vs 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2355 vs 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 2482
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 2482

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 9
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 540

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
409
247
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1591
1362
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9870
35524
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2591
1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2591
1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1856
2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1856
2355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2482
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2482
3354
Name AMD Radeon Vega 9 AMD Radeon 540
PassMark - G2D Mark 409 247
PassMark - G3D Mark 1591 1362
Geekbench - OpenCL 9870 35524
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2591 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2591 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1856 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1856 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2482 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2482 3354

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 9 AMD Radeon 540

Essentials

Architecture Vega 4th Gen GCN
Code name Vega Raven Ridge Topaz
Launch date 26 Oct 2017 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 811 877
Type Laptop Notebook
Design AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1124 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Pipelines 576
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 4500 million
Compute units 8
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture Units 32

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
Vulkan

Memory

Shared memory Yes
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit
Memory clock speed 6 Gbps
Memory type GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
HDMI

Technologies

AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support