CMP 50HX vs Radeon RX 540X

Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code namePolaris 23TU102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date11 April 2018 (6 years ago)24 June 2021 (3 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 cores5123584
Core clock speed1124 MHz1350 MHz
Boost clock speed1219 MHz1545 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate39.01296.6
Floating-point processing power1.248 TFLOPS11.07 TFLOPS
ROPs1680
TMUs32192
Tensor Coresno data448
Ray Tracing Coresno data56

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB10 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s560.0 GB/s
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 outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 April 2018 24 June 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 250 Watt

RX 540X has 400% lower power consumption.

CMP 50HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 540X and CMP 50HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 540X is a notebook card while CMP 50HX is a workstation one.


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