Radeon 540 Mobile vs RX Vega 10
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 679 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Vega (2017−2020) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Vega Raven Ridge | Lexa |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 26 October 2017 (6 years ago) | 26 March 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 512 |
| Boost clock speed | 1300 MHz | 1124 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,940 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 52.00 | 35.97 |
| Floating-point performance | 1.664 gflops | 1.151 gflops |
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 | IGP | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 6000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 48 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 October 2017 | 26 March 2019 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 50 Watt |
RX Vega 10 has 233.3% lower power consumption.
540 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 10 and Radeon 540 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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