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AMD Radeon RX 540X Mobile

Graphics Processor
Polaris 23
Cores
512
TMUs
32
ROPs
16
Memory Size
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The Radeon RX 540X Mobile is a mobile graphics chip by AMD, launched on April 11th, 2018. Built on the 14 nm process, and based on the Polaris 23 graphics processor, in its Polaris 23 MXL variant, the chip supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon RX 540X Mobile. The Polaris 23 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 103 mm² and 2,200 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon RX 640 OEM, which uses the same GPU but has all 640 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon RX 540X Mobile to reach the product's target shader count. It features 512 shading units, 32 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs. AMD has paired 2,048 MB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon RX 540X Mobile, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1124 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1211 MHz, memory is running at 1500 MHz (6 Gbps effective).
Its power draw is rated at 50 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device. Radeon RX 540X Mobile is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x8 interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Polaris 23
GPU Variant
Polaris 23 MXL
(216-0923020)
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
Process Size
14 nm
Transistors
2,200 million
Density
21.4M / mm²
Die Size
103 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-769

Mobile Graphics

Release Date
Apr 11th, 2018
Generation
Polaris Mobile
(RX M500X)
Predecessor
Gem System
Successor
Navi Mobile
Production
Active
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
2859%
GeForce RTX 4090
2181%
GeForce RTX 5080
1884%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
1682%
GeForce RTX 4080
1668%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
1667%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
1643%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
1570%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
1435%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1409%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
1408%
Radeon RX 9070
1406%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
1289%
GeForce RTX 5070
1276%
GeForce RTX 3090
1257%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
1240%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
1201%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
1182%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
1163%
GeForce RTX 4070
1147%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
1135%
GeForce RTX 3080
1117%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
1114%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
1075%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
997%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
991%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
977%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
947%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
945%
Radeon RX 6800
913%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
894%
GeForce RTX 3070
884%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
877%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
873%
GeForce RTX 5060
859%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
838%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
774%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
760%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
706%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
700%
GeForce RTX 4060
698%
Arc B580
697%
GeForce RTX 5050
679%
GeForce RTX 2080
674%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
659%
Radeon RX 7600
658%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
626%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
620%
Arc A770
619%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
597%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
588%
Radeon VII
586%
Arc A750
575%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
562%
GeForce RTX 2070
554%
Radeon RX 6600
529%
Arc A580
514%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
513%
Radeon RX Vega 64
491%
GeForce RTX 2060
475%
Radeon RX 5700
473%
GeForce GTX 1080
464%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
455%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
451%
Radeon RX Vega 56
429%
GeForce GTX 1070
413%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
391%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
391%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
370%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
368%
Radeon R9 FURY X
364%
GeForce GTX 1660
360%
Radeon RX 590
340%
Radeon R9 FURY
331%
GeForce GTX 980
327%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
324%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
320%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
317%
Radeon RX 580
315%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
307%
Radeon R9 390X
302%
GeForce GTX 690
299%
Radeon RX 480
296%
Radeon HD 7990
295%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
289%
GeForce GTX 970
282%
Radeon R9 290X
281%
Radeon R9 390
277%
Radeon RX 570
273%
Radeon R9 290
259%
Radeon RX 470
256%
GeForce GTX 1650
241%
Radeon RX 6400
236%
Arc A380
233%
GeForce GTX 780
232%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
210%
GeForce GTX 590
210%
Radeon R9 280X
207%
Radeon HD 6990
202%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
192%
GeForce GTX 680
188%
Radeon R9 380
186%
Radeon HD 7970
186%
GeForce GTX 770
185%
Radeon R9 285
184%
GeForce GTX 960
178%
GeForce GTX 670
174%
Radeon HD 5970
157%
GeForce GTX 1630
157%
Radeon HD 7950
154%
GeForce GTX 1050
154%
GeForce GTX 760
153%
GeForce GTX 580
153%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
152%
Radeon R9 270X
150%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
146%
GeForce GTX 950
145%
Radeon RX 560
137%
GeForce GTX 570
134%
GeForce GTX 660
134%
Radeon RX 460
134%
Radeon R7 370
134%
Radeon HD 6970
129%
GeForce GTX 480
123%
Radeon HD 7850
121%
GeForce GTX 295
119%
Radeon HD 6950
115%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
114%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
112%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
112%
Radeon HD 5870
108%
Radeon HD 6870
101%
Radeon RX 540X Mobile
100%
GeForce GTX 470
98%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
94%
Radeon HD 5850
92%
GeForce GTX 285
86%
Radeon HD 6850
84%
GeForce GTX 280
79%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
79%
GeForce GTX 275
78%
GeForce GT 1030
78%
GeForce GTX 460
76%
Radeon HD 4890
74%
Radeon HD 6790
72%
Radeon HD 5830
69%
GeForce GTX 650
65%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
65%
Radeon HD 4870
64%
GeForce GTX 260
63%
Radeon HD 5770
62%
Radeon HD 7750
61%
Radeon HD 5750
54%
GeForce GTS 450
52%
GeForce GTS 250
50%
Radeon HD 4850
49%
Radeon HD 4770
47%
Radeon HD 4830
44%
Radeon HD 6670
42%
GeForce 9800 GT
41%
GeForce GT 640
39%
Radeon HD 5670
37%
GeForce 9600 GT
35%
GeForce GT 240
30%
GeForce GT 440
30%
Radeon HD 4670
28%
Radeon HD 5570
26%
GeForce GT 430
25%
GeForce GT 220
19%
GeForce GT 520
16%
Radeon HD 6450
15%
Radeon HD 5450
13%
Radeon HD 4550
10%
GeForce 9400 GT
8%
GeForce 210
6%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1124 MHz
Boost Clock
1211 MHz
Memory Clock
1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
96.00 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
512
TMUs
32
ROPs
16
Compute Units
8
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
19.38 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
38.75 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
1,240.1 GFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float)
1,240.1 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
77.50 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width
IGP
TDP
50 W
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
Power Connectors
None

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7

Polaris 23 GPU Notes

Generation: Polaris
Codename: Polaris 12 (Treasure)
Graphics/Compute: GFX8 (gfx804)
Display Core Engine: 11.2
Unified Video Decoder: 6.3
Video Compression Engine: 3.4
System DMA: 3.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.2.0

Latest Drivers:
Windows 7:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1
64-bit: Radeon™ Pro Software for Enterprise 21.Q1.1

Windows 8.1:
64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1

Windows 10 / 11:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.3.1 (23.19.12)
64-bit: AMD Software: PRO Edition 22.Q4
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