Radeon Instinct Vega vs ATI Mobility HD 540v
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1348 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.74 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | M92 | Vega 20 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 May 2010 (15 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 80 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 242 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.400 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.088 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | no data |
| TMUs | 8 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | no data |
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 | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR3 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 225 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 540v has 1400% lower power consumption.
Instinct Vega, on the other hand, has a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 540v and Radeon Instinct Vega. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 540v is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Instinct Vega is a desktop one.
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