AMD Radeon HD 7870M
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon HD 7870M  vs  AMD Radeon 540X.

540
Place in performance rating
558
GCN
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Heathrow
Code name
Lexa
Laptop
Type
Laptop
24 April 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$338
Price now
$421
0.51
Value for money
3.25
Heathrow XT
GPU code name
Lexa
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 7870M  vs  AMD Radeon 540X in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

640
Pipelines
512
800 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
no data
Boost Clock
1046 MHz
1,500 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
45 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
32.00
Texture fill rate
33.47
1,024 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
no data
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
1,500 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
45 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 7870M and AMD Radeon 540X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
no data
Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7870M vs AMD Radeon 540X.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
4000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
64 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7870M vs AMD Radeon 540X.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
no data
HDMI
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 7870M and AMD Radeon 540X is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7870M and AMD Radeon 540X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 7870M or AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870M
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870M
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870M
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870M
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870M
AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870M

0.71% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($338 vs $421)

More pipelines (640 vs 512)

Less power consumption (45 Watt vs 50 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More memory bandwidth (112.0 GB/s vs 64 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon HD 7870M or AMD Radeon 540X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7870M .

AMD Radeon HD 7870M versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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15167 (100 %)

3DMark Fire Strike Score

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2435 (100 %)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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2779 (100 %)

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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4097 (100 %)

3DMark Vantage Performance

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11545 (88 %)

Unigine Heaven 3.0

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Passmark

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User rating

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4.3 Out of 157 Hitesti Score