Radeon 540X vs R6 (Mullins)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R6 (Mullins) and Radeon 540X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
540X outperforms R6 (Mullins) by a whopping 551% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1270 | 756 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 5.91 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 (2014) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Mullins | Lexa |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 29 April 2014 (12 years ago) | 5 September 2018 (7 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 | 128 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 980 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1046 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 33.47 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.071 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 16 |
| TMUs | no data | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
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 | no data | 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 | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 48 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
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 | 2−3
−850%
| 19
+850%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−800%
|
9
+800%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−700%
|
8−9
+700%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 10−12 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−280%
|
18−20
+280%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−100%
|
16−18
+100%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−89.3%
|
50−55
+89.3%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 18−20
−206%
|
55
+206%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−700%
|
8−9
+700%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−292%
|
47
+292%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 10−12 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−280%
|
18−20
+280%
|
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 6 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−100%
|
16−18
+100%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−220%
|
16
+220%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−89.3%
|
50−55
+89.3%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−700%
|
8−9
+700%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−267%
|
44
+267%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 10−12 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−280%
|
18−20
+280%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−100%
|
16−18
+100%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−100%
|
10
+100%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−89.3%
|
50−55
+89.3%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−167%
|
8−9
+167%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 3−4
−867%
|
27−30
+867%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 6−7
−433%
|
30−35
+433%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−350%
|
9−10
+350%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−200%
|
6−7
+200%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
−600%
|
7−8
+600%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−7.1%
|
14−16
+7.1%
|
| Valorant | 3−4
−533%
|
18−20
+533%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−100%
|
4−5
+100%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−100%
|
4−5
+100%
|
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 17
+0%
|
17
+0%
|
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 9
+0%
|
9
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 26
+0%
|
26
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 17
+0%
|
17
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 62
+0%
|
62
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 17
+0%
|
17
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 20
+0%
|
20
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 5
+0%
|
5
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 22
+0%
|
22
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 15
+0%
|
15
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 18
+0%
|
18
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 17
+0%
|
17
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Valorant | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
This is how R6 (Mullins) and Radeon 540X compete in popular games:
- Radeon 540X is 850% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 540X is 867% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Radeon 540X performs better in 28 tests (56%)
- there's a draw in 22 tests (44%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.59 | 3.84 |
| Recency | 29 April 2014 | 5 September 2018 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
Radeon 540X has a 551% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon 540X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R6 (Mullins) in performance tests.
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