ATI Radeon E4690 vs RX 540 OEM
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1179 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 2.50 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | Cape Verde | RV730 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 19 April 2017 (9 years ago) | 1 June 2009 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 512 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 1219 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 514 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 39.01 | 19.20 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 32 | 32 |
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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-II |
| Width | 2-slot | MXM Module |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 22.4 GB/s |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 | 10.1 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 April 2017 | 1 June 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 30 Watt |
RX 540 OEM has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96% more advanced lithography process.
ATI E4690, on the other hand, has 117% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 540 OEM and Radeon E4690. We've got no test results to judge.
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