Radeon 540X vs HD 7670M

Place in performance ranking	1010	672
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	4.01
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Thames XT	Lexa
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 June 2011 (13 years ago)	12 August 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$629.99	no data
Current price	$338 (0.5x MSRP)	$421

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon 540X has 9925% better value for money than HD 7670M.

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	480	512
Core clock speed	600 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1219 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	14.40	33.47
Floating-point performance	576.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7670M 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.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	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	DDR3, (GDDR5)	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	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 outputs	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	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 performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

HD 7670M 1.23

Radeon 540X 3.70
+201%

540X outperforms HD 7670M by 201% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 7670M 475

Radeon 540X 1429
+201%

540X outperforms HD 7670M by 201% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 7670M 1062

Radeon 540X 4097
+286%

540X outperforms HD 7670M by 286% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 7670M 4995

Radeon 540X 11545
+131%

540X outperforms HD 7670M by 131% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 7670M 824

Radeon 540X 2779
+237%

540X outperforms HD 7670M by 237% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 7670M 6535

Radeon 540X 15167
+132%

540X outperforms HD 7670M by 132% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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	17 −194%	50−55 +194%
Full HD	21 +0%	21 +0%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry 5	1−2	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	no data
Forza Horizon 4	3−4	no data
Hitman 3	3−4	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry 5	1−2	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	no data
Forza Horizon 4	3−4	no data
Hitman 3	3−4	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry 5	1−2	no data
Forza Horizon 4	3−4	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	no data
Far Cry 5	2−3	no data
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	no data
Hitman 3	7−8	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

no data

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	no data
Far Cry 5	0−1	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2	no data
Metro Exodus	4−5	no data