Xbox Series X 6nm GPU 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 rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameCape VerdeScarlett 6nm
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 April 2017 (7 years ago)15 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 cores5123328
Core clock speed1219 MHz1825 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million15,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate39.01379.6
Floating-point processing powerno data12.15 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs32208

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Lengthno data301 mm
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB10 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s560.0 GB/s

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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.8
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 April 2017 15 October 2024
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 200 Watt

RX 540 OEM has 207.7% lower power consumption.

Xbox Series X 6nm GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 540 OEM and Xbox Series X 6nm GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
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