ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v vs Pro 555

Place in the ranking	512	1294
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.52	1.57
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Polaris 21	M92
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	5 June 2017 (7 years ago)	5 May 2010 (14 years ago)

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	768	80
Core clock speed	850 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	242 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	40.80	4.400
Floating-point processing power	1.306 TFLOPS	0.088 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	48	8

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1275 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	81.6 GB/s	12.8 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

Portable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.4	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

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	34 +3300%	1−2 −3300%
4K	12	0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14
+550%

2−3

−550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20 +567%	3−4 −567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12	0−1
Battlefield 5	32 +3100%	1−2 −3100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +750%	2−3 −750%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%
Far Cry 5	26 +2500%	1−2 −2500%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +2600%	2−3 −2600%
Hitman 3	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +488%	8−9 −488%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +2300%	1−2 −2300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	42 +950%	4−5 −950%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 +104%	27−30 −104%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	26 +767%	3−4 −767%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12	0−1
Battlefield 5	26 +2500%	1−2 −2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +750%	2−3 −750%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%
Far Cry 5	21	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +2600%	2−3 −2600%
Hitman 3	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +488%	8−9 −488%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +2300%	1−2 −2300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +575%	4−5 −575%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +156%	9−10 −156%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 +104%	27−30 −104%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22 +567%	3−4 −567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +750%	2−3 −750%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%
Far Cry 5	15	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	18	0−1
Hitman 3	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +488%	8−9 −488%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +575%	4−5 −575%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 +104%	27−30 −104%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	9−10	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +3100%	1−2 −3100%
Hitman 3	12−14 +100%	6−7 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +750%	2−3 −750%
Metro Exodus	10−11	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +2500%	2−3 −2500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16
+600%

2−3

−600%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7	0−1
Hitman 3	4−5	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 +2900%	1−2 −2900%
Metro Exodus	6−7	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	9−10	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
+300%

2−3

−300%

This is how Pro 555 and ATI Mobility HD 540v compete in popular games:

Pro 555 is 3300% faster in 1080p

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

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Pro 555 is 950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, Pro 555 surpassed ATI Mobility HD 540v in all 29 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.16	0.34
Recency	5 June 2017	5 May 2010
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt

Pro 555 has a 2300% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI Mobility HD 540v, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro 555 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 540v in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 555 is a mobile workstation card while Mobility Radeon HD 540v is a mobile workstation one.

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