Radeon 540X vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Place in performance ranking	347	671
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	4.01
Architecture	no data	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	no data	Lexa
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)	12 August 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	no data	$421

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	8	512
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1219 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	33.47

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Radeon 540X compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	no data	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	no data	2 GB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	no data	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

26
+23.8%

−23.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−33

+233%

9
−233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 +275%	16 −275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50 +275%	12 −275%
Battlefield 5	30−33 +275%	8−9 −275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33 +275%	8−9 −275%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +250%	10−11 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +275%	16−18 −275%
Hitman 3	40−45 +264%	11 −264%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +257%	21−24 −257%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +270%	23 −270%
Red Dead Redemption 2	70−75 +268%	19 −268%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	85−90 +270%	23 −270%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +246%	13 −246%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +275%	12 −275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Battlefield 5	30−33 +275%	8−9 −275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33 +275%	8−9 −275%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +250%	10−11 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +275%	16−18 −275%
Hitman 3	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +257%	21−24 −257%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +275%	16 −275%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 +267%	15 −267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80 +275%	20 −275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +275%	16 −275%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +261%	18−20 −261%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33 +275%	8−9 −275%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +275%	16−18 −275%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +257%	21−24 −257%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 +253%	17 −253%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +250%	10 −250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +261%	18−20 −261%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50
+275%

−275%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +264%	10−12 −264%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +250%	6−7 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +250%	6−7 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +250%	6−7 −250%
Hitman 3	30−33 +275%	8−9 −275%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 +233%	9−10 −233%
Metro Exodus	90−95 +275%	24−27 −275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95−100 +280%	24−27 −280%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27

+243%

7−8
−243%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Hitman 3	35−40 +250%	10−11 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +246%	12−14 −246%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +250%	6−7 −250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%