Radeon 540 vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Place in performance ranking	445	685
Place by popularity	30	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.29
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Vega	Lexa
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)	26 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$79
Current price	no data	$1233 (15.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	512	512
Core clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz	1124 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	35.97

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Radeon 540 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
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	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	56 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 data	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	12_1	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131

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	22 +175%	8−9 −175%
1440p	16 +167%	6−7 −167%
4K	10 +233%	3−4 −233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

+171%

7−8
−171%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +171%	7−8 −171%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20 +186%	7−8 −186%
Battlefield 5	39 +179%	14−16 −179%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +178%	9−10 −178%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 +180%	5−6 −180%
Far Cry 5	22 +175%	8−9 −175%
Far Cry New Dawn	27 +170%	10−11 −170%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +167%	12−14 −167%
Hitman 3	25 +178%	9−10 −178%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20 +186%	7−8 −186%
Red Dead Redemption 2	22 +175%	8−9 −175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	23 +188%	8−9 −188%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21 +163%	8−9 −163%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +171%	7−8 −171%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16 +167%	6−7 −167%
Battlefield 5	33 +175%	12−14 −175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +178%	9−10 −178%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 +233%	3−4 −233%
Far Cry 5	20 +186%	7−8 −186%
Far Cry New Dawn	25 +178%	9−10 −178%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +167%	12−14 −167%
Hitman 3	21 +163%	8−9 −163%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16 +167%	6−7 −167%
Metro Exodus	16 +167%	6−7 −167%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12 +200%	4−5 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20 +186%	7−8 −186%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21 +163%	8−9 −163%
Watch Dogs: Legion	17 +183%	6−7 −183%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +171%	7−8 −171%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14 +180%	5−6 −180%
Battlefield 5	30 +200%	10−11 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 +200%	3−4 −200%
Far Cry 5	19 +171%	7−8 −171%
Far Cry New Dawn	24 +167%	9−10 −167%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +167%	12−14 −167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +180%	5−6 −180%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 +200%	4−5 −200%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +160%	5−6 −160%
Hitman 3	15 +200%	5−6 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12 +200%	4−5 −200%
Metro Exodus	10 +233%	3−4 −233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12 +200%	4−5 −200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	11 +175%	4−5 −175%
Battlefield 5	21 +163%	8−9 −163%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry 5	16 +167%	6−7 −167%
Far Cry New Dawn	17 +183%	6−7 −183%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +167%	6−7 −167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8 +167%	3−4 −167%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Hitman 3	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Metro Exodus	6 +200%	2−3 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6 +200%	2−3 −200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Battlefield 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	8 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry New Dawn	8 +167%	3−4 −167%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	0−1