Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme GPU vs Radeon 540X

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking743not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.50no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)
GPU code nameLexaStrix Point
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 September 2018 (6 years ago)2025 (recently)

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 cores5121024
Core clock speed980 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed1046 MHz2700 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million34,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rate33.47172.8
Floating-point processing power1.071 TFLOPS5.53 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs3264
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth48 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data
Resizable BAR-+

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x USB Type-C

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme GPU has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 78.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 540X and Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 540X is a notebook graphics card while Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme GPU is a desktop one.

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