Radeon RX 580 2048SP and Radeon 540 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs Radeon 540
Radeon RX 580 2048SP
7929
Radeon 540
1420
Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Radeon 540
Architecture
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name
Polaris 20
Lexa
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2018
April 2017
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1284 MHz
1124 MHz
Core clock speed
1168 MHz
1183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
5,700 million
2,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
384
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
164.4
28.39
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
32 Bit
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
24 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenCL
2.0
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.7
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3