
Radeon 540X vs. Vega 8 in the Acer Swift 3: Better with or without a dedicated GPU?
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | AMD Radeon 540X | 14.00" | 1.5 kg
The Radeon 540X is a dedicated entry-level graphics card for laptops that was released in 2018. It uses 8 CUs (compute units = 512 shaders) and a 64 bit memory bus with usually 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory. Compared to the similar named Radeon RX 540X, the non-RX model features a smaller memory bus and a greatly reduced pixel-fillrate (according to AMD). The architecture is based on the 4th gen of GCN (according to AMD) and GPU-Z identifies the chip with the codename "Lexa".
The gaming performance is positioned in the entry level and therefore only a few modern games are playable fluently. See our RX 540 page for game benchmarks.
Architecture | GCN 4.0 |
Pipelines | 512 - unified |
Core Speed | 1219 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 6000 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR5 |
Max. Amount of Memory | 2048 MB |
Shared Memory | no |
API | DirectX 12_0, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.6 |
Transistor Count | 2.2 Billion |
technology | 14 nm |
Features | DirectX 12, Mantle, OpenGL, OpenCL 1.2, Vulkan |
Date of Announcement | 12.08.2019 |
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.amd.com |
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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