AMD Radeon R7 240 videocard review

AMD Radeon R7 240

Radeon R7 240 videocard released by AMD; release date: 8 October 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $69. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Oland.

Boost clock speed - 780 MHz. Texture fill rate - 15.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 320. Floating-point performance - 499.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,040 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 50 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1150 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 72 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
897
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
270
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
5239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
13.344 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
290.632 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
1.262 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
21.590 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
60.326 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1688 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2342 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3353 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1688.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2342.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3353.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 897
PassMark - G2D Mark 270
Geekbench - OpenCL 5239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 13.344 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 290.632 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.262 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 21.590 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 60.326 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1688 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2342 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3353 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1688.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2342.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3353.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Oland
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $69
Place in performance rating 1256
Price now $49.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 24.92

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 320
Stream Processors 320
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz
Memory type DDR3

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync