Radeon HD 8950M vs Radeon RX M540X
Radeon HD 8950M
Radeon RX M540X
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768 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1075MHz
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512 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1219MHz
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FP32
1.65 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.25 TFLOPS
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FP16
1.25 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
45W
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TDP
50W
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
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GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
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GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
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OCT Metal - N/A
0%
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OCT Metal - N/A
0%
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Manufacturer
AMD
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Manufacturer
AMD
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Chip Designer
AMD
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Chip Designer
AMD
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Architecture
GCN 2
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Architecture
GCN 4
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Family
Radeon HD 8000
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Family
Radeon RX 500
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Codename
Bonaire
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Variant
Saturn Pro
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Codename
Lexa
Polaris 23
Variant
Polaris 23 XLM
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Market Segment
Laptop
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Market Segment
Laptop
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Release Date
6/30/2016
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Release Date
4/11/2018
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Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
160 mm²
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Die Size
103 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.1 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.00M/mm²
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Transistor Density
21.36M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
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Form
Soldered
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Shading Units
768 Shaders
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Shading Units
512 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
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Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
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Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Compute Units
12 CUs
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Compute Units
8 CUs
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1075MHz
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1124MHz Base
1219MHz
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FP16
1.25 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.65 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.25 TFLOPS
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-
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-
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FP64
0.1 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
17.2 GPixel/s
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Pixel Fillrate
19.504 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
51.6 GTexel/s
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Texture Fillrate
39.008 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
256KB Shared
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L2
512KB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
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Bus Width
128Bit
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Clock
1375MHz
Transfer Rate
5.5GT/s
Bandwidth
88GB/s
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Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
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TDP
45W
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TDP
50W
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No Ports
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No Ports
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Max Resolution
4096x2160
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Max Resolution
5120x2880
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
-
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Multi Monitor Support
3
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Multi Monitor Support
3
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Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
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Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
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Model
VCE 2.0
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Model
VCE 3.4
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
UVD 4.2
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Model
UVD 6.3
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
7
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Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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