Radeon HD 6930 vs 540
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon 540 and Radeon HD 6930, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD 6930 outperforms 540 by a whopping 103% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 715 | 536 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.10 | 2.00 |
| Power efficiency | 4.95 | 2.70 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) |
| GPU code name | Lexa | Cayman |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 20 April 2017 (7 years ago) | 1 December 2011 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $79 | $180 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
HD 6930 has 1900% 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 cores | 384 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 1183 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2,200 million | 2,640 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 186 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.39 | 60.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.9085 TFLOPS | 1.92 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 24 | 80 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 145 mm | 220 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 32 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 24 GB/s | 153.6 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 Connectors | 2x DisplayPort 1.4a | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
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 | 7.27 |
| Recency | 20 April 2017 | 1 December 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 186 Watt |
Radeon 540 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 272% lower power consumption.
HD 6930, on the other hand, has a 103.1% higher aggregate performance score.
The Radeon HD 6930 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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