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AMD Radeon 540X

AMD Radeon 540X

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.

ArchitectureGCN 4.0
Pipelines512 - unified
Core Speed1219 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed6000 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 12_0, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.6
Transistor Count2.2 Billion
technology14 nm
FeaturesDirectX 12, Mantle, OpenGL, OpenCL 1.2, Vulkan
Date of Announcement12.08.2019
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttps://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics...

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 887     avg: 934     median: 933.5 (3%)     max: 980 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
797 Points (2%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
10652 Points (11%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
15167 Points (4%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
2435 Points (4%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
2779 Points (3%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
4199 Points (6%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
4097 Points (4%)
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
11545 Points (3%)
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
10287 Points (6%)
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
16578 Points (23%)
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Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
9.3 fps (3%)
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
30.1 fps (10%)
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL
24.8 fps (11%)
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
41.3 fps (8%)
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
7557 points (5%)
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Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
66.4 fps (4%)
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
98 % (98%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
24.9 fps (5%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
66.1 fps (5%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
49.5 fps (6%)
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GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
61.4 fps (1%)
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
77.5 fps (5%)
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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
210 fps (2%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
343 Samples/s (2%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
671 Samples/s (1%)
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
2330 points (3%)
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

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.

F1 23

F1 23

2023
low 1920x1080
18  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
14  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Additional Benchmarks
Ultra Low Preset TAA 1280x720
40
Diablo 4

Diablo 4

2023
low 1920x1080
19  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
med. 1920x1080
16  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high 1920x1080
14.8  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Additional Benchmarks
Low Preset 1280x720
34.6
Dead Island 2

Dead Island 2

2023
low 1920x1080
18.5  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
med. 1920x1080
15  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph