Qualcomm Adreno X2-90 vs Radeon RX 540 OEM
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | no data |
| GPU code name | Cape Verde | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 19 April 2017 (8 years ago) | 29 September 2025 (less than a year 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 | 512 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1219 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1850 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 39.01 | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | no data |
| TMUs | 32 | no data |
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 3.0 x16 | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
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 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 | no data |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 April 2017 | 29 September 2025 |
Qualcomm Adreno X2-90 has an age advantage of 8 years.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 540 OEM and Qualcomm Adreno X2-90. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 540 OEM is a desktop graphics card while Qualcomm Adreno X2-90 is a notebook one.
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