AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 and AMD Radeon 540X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

200
Place in performance rating
558
Vega
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Vega Kaby Lake-G
Code name
Lexa
Laptop
Type
Laptop
7 January 2018 (3 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
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Price now
$421
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Value for money
3.25
Vega Kaby Lake-G
GPU code name
Lexa
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 and AMD Radeon 540X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
512
931 MHz
Core clock speed
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1011 MHz
Boost Clock
1046 MHz
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Transistor count
2,200 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
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Texture fill rate
33.47
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1011 MHz
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
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Number of transistors
2,200 million
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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 M GL / 870 and AMD Radeon 540X.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
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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 M GL / 870 and AMD Radeon 540X can be seen in this section.

HBM2
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
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Memory bus width
64 Bit
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Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 and AMD Radeon 540X, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 and AMD Radeon 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
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 and AMD Radeon 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 M GL / 870 or AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 172.7 57.7 39.4 27.4 18.4 8.8
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 83.4 46.7 27
AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
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 M GL / 870

23.38% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 512)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

There is no accountable advantage

So, AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 or AMD Radeon 540X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 .

AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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