Radeon 890M vs 540X

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 540X and Radeon 890M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon 540X
2018
2 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
3.73

890M outperforms 540X by a whopping 487% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking708253
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.11100.00
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)RDNA 3.5 (2024)
GPU code nameLexaStrix Point
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 September 2018 (6 years ago)15 July 2024 (less than a year ago)

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 cores5121024
Core clock speed980 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1046 MHz2900 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million34,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate33.47185.6
Floating-point processing power1.071 TFLOPS5.939 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3264
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth48 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

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 540X 3.73
Radeon 890M 21.89
+487%

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 540X 1437
Radeon 890M 8433
+487%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Radeon 540X 4097
Radeon 890M 16023
+291%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Radeon 540X 11545
Radeon 890M 46360
+302%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Radeon 540X 2779
Radeon 890M 9573
+244%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Radeon 540X 15167
Radeon 890M 54704
+261%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

Radeon 540X 797
Radeon 890M 3533
+343%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD19
−132%
44
+132%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9
−456%
50−55
+456%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16
−463%
90−95
+463%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12
−483%
70−75
+483%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−450%
55−60
+450%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−445%
120−130
+445%
Hitman 3 11
+175%
4−5
−175%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+225%
8−9
−225%
Metro Exodus 23
−465%
130−140
+465%
Red Dead Redemption 2 19
−479%
110−120
+479%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+50%
27−30
−50%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−450%
55−60
+450%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−445%
120−130
+445%
Hitman 3 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+225%
8−9
−225%
Metro Exodus 17
−459%
95−100
+459%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−471%
80−85
+471%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20
+400%
4−5
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+50%
27−30
−50%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−445%
120−130
+445%
Hitman 3 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+225%
8−9
−225%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
+325%
4−5
−325%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−471%
240−250
+471%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12
−483%
70−75
+483%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−465%
130−140
+465%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

This is how Radeon 540X and Radeon 890M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 890M is 132% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 540X is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Radeon 540X surpassed Radeon 890M in all 23 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.73 21.89
Recency 5 September 2018 15 July 2024
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 15 Watt

Radeon 890M has a 486.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 890M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540X in performance tests.


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