AMD Radeon HD 8240 IGP vs AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8240 IGP and AMD Radeon R7 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.

AMD Radeon HD 8240 IGP

AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8240 IGP

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

Around 83% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 400 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 320 vs 128
4.9x better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 102.4 gflops

Core clock speed	730 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 128
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops vs 102.4 gflops

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8240 IGP	AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Kalindi	Oland
Launch date	1 November 2013	1 November 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	102.4 gflops	499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	128	320
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,178 million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		780 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz