AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
VS
Radeon RX 540X
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
VS
Radeon RX 540X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 and Radeon RX 540X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
not rated
Vega
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Vega Raven Ridge
Code name
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Laptop
Type
no data
7 January 2018 (3 years ago)
Release date
21 March 2018 (3 years ago)
$371
Price now
$199
2.48
Value for money
no data
Vega Raven Ridge
GPU code name
Polaris 12
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 and Radeon RX 540X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
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1000 MHz
Boost Clock
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14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
12.13
Texture fill rate
35.97
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
4,940 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 and Radeon RX 540X.

IGP
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 and Radeon RX 540X can be seen in this section.

System Shared
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 and Radeon RX 540X, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 and Radeon RX 540X is the additional functionality.

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FreeSync
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 and Radeon RX 540X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12_1
DirectX
12 (12_0)
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OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2.131
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 and Radeon RX 540X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 or Radeon RX 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Radeon RX 540X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Radeon RX 540X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Radeon RX 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 25.4 7.9
Radeon RX 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 13.1
Radeon RX 540X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

6.32% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of Radeon RX 540X

Cheaper ($199 vs $371)

So, AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 or Radeon RX 540X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 .

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 versus Radeon RX 540X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Radeon RX 540X