Radeon RX 540 vs Tesla M10

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon RX 540 and Tesla M10, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon RX 540 stacks up against Tesla M10, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 540 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 540 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon RX 540 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon RX 540 Tesla M10
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Tesla M10 has 246% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 540.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla M10 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 540.
  • Radeon RX 540 is used in Laptops, and Tesla M10 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon RX 540 is build with Polaris architecture, and Tesla M10 - with Maxwell.
  • Radeon RX 540 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Tesla M10 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 540 is 800 MHz higher, than Tesla M10.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 18−20
ultra / 1080p 8−9 10−11
QHD / 1440p 3−4 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−33 35−40
medium / 1080p 18−20 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M10 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Radeon RX 540.

Full Specs

  Radeon RX 540 Tesla M10
Architecture Polaris Maxwell
Code name Polaris 12 GM107
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 21 March 2017 18 May 2016
Pipelines 512 640
Core clock speed 1033 MHz
Boost Clock 1219 MHz 1306 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 39.01 52.24
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops 4x 1,672 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12.0 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
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