AMD FirePro S4000X vs AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S4000X and AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro S4000X

AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S4000X

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 99% higher texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
Around 99% better floating-point performance: 992.0 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 19.089 vs 13.569
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 478.725 vs 162.886
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.08 vs 1.009
Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 34.934 vs 19.668
Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 92.567 vs 77.819

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2014 vs 1 November 2013
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.089 vs 13.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	478.725 vs 162.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.08 vs 1.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.934 vs 19.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	92.567 vs 77.819

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 780 MHz vs 775 MHz

Core clock speed	730 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	780 MHz vs 775 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S4000X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.089

13.569

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

478.725

162.886

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.08

1.009

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

34.934

19.668

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

92.567

77.819

Name	AMD FirePro S4000X	AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.089	13.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	478.725	162.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.08	1.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.934	19.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	92.567	77.819
PassMark - G3D Mark		540
PassMark - G2D Mark		192
Geekbench - OpenCL		5166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2264
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2264

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S4000X	AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Venus	Oland
Launch date	7 August 2014	1 November 2013
Place in performance rating	1408	1410
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz	780 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops	499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	MXM-A
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3