Radeon RX 540 OEM vs R5 (Stoney Ridge)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 978 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.35 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | Stoney Ridge | Cape Verde |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (8 years ago) | 19 April 2017 (7 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 cores | 192 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1219 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 800 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12-45 Watt | 65 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 39.01 |
| ROPs | no data | 16 |
| TMUs | no data | 32 |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 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 | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 6000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 96 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 12.0 |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 19 April 2017 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 65 Watt |
R5 (Stoney Ridge) has 441.7% lower power consumption.
RX 540 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) and Radeon RX 540 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) is a notebook card while Radeon RX 540 OEM is a desktop 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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