Radeon 540X vs ATI HD 5670

Place in the ranking	874	707
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.20	no data
Power efficiency	2.39	5.46
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Redwood	Lexa
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	14 January 2010 (14 years ago)	5 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$119	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	400	512
Core clock speed	775 MHz	980 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1046 MHz
Number of transistors	627 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.50	33.47
Floating-point processing power	0.62 TFLOPS	1.071 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	20	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 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	48 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 5670 2.08

Radeon 540X 3.72
+78.8%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 5670 803

Radeon 540X 1434
+78.6%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

ATI HD 5670 6584

Radeon 540X 11545
+75.3%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

ATI HD 5670 1468

Radeon 540X 4097
+179%

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:

900p	26 −73.1%	45−50 +73.1%
Full HD	33 +65%	20 −65%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−80%

9
+80%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −129%	16 +129%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
Hitman 3	7−8 −57.1%	11 +57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −44.4%	24−27 +44.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −375%	19 +375%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −16.7%	40−45 +16.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −44.4%	24−27 +44.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −250%	14 +250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −100%	20 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −16.7%	40−45 +16.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −44.4%	24−27 +44.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −70%	17 +70%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +20%	10 −20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −16.7%	40−45 +16.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−200%

12
+200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Hitman 3	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −91.7%	21−24 +91.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−40%

7−8
+40%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	2−3
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−66.7%

5−6
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12 +0%	12 +0%
Metro Exodus	23 +0%	23 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Metro Exodus	17 +0%	17 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

4K
High Preset

Metro Exodus

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

This is how ATI HD 5670 and Radeon 540X compete in popular games:

Radeon 540X is 73% faster in 900p
ATI HD 5670 is 65% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI HD 5670 is 20% faster.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 540X is 375% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI HD 5670 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
Radeon 540X is ahead in 52 tests (85%)
there's a draw in 8 tests (13%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.08	3.72
Recency	14 January 2010	5 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	50 Watt

Radeon 540X has a 78.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 28% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 540X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5670 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5670 is a desktop card while Radeon 540X is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.