Radeon 540X vs R5 Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated708
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.11
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameSpectre SLLexa
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 September 2014 (10 years ago)5 September 2018 (6 years 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 cores256512
Core clock speed497 MHz980 MHz
Boost clock speed720 MHz1046 MHz
Number of transistors2,410 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate7.95233.47
Floating-point processing power0.2545 TFLOPS1.071 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs1632

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x8
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data48 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.06.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 September 2014 5 September 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt

R5 Graphics has 233.3% lower power consumption.

Radeon 540X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 Graphics and Radeon 540X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 Graphics is a desktop card while Radeon 540X is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
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