Radeon 550 vs 540

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 540 and Radeon 550, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon 540
2017
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
3.58

550 outperforms 540 by a considerable 47% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking712609
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.104.37
Power efficiency5.117.50
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameLexaLexa
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon 550 has 4270% better value for money than Radeon 540.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384512
Core clock speed1183 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHz1183 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate28.3937.86
Floating-point processing power0.9085 TFLOPS1.211 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs2432

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8
Length145 mm145 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width32 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth24 GB/s56 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DisplayPort 1.4a1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.1
Vulkan1.31.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Radeon 540 3.58
Radeon 550 5.25
+46.6%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Radeon 540 1383
Radeon 550 2027
+46.6%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Radeon 540 6890
Radeon 550 10391
+50.8%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.58 5.25
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB

Radeon 550 has a 46.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Radeon 550 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540 in performance tests.


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Community ratings

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