AMD Radeon R2 Graphics vs AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R2 Graphics 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R2 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Launch date 27 February 2015 vs 1 November 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 320 vs 128
  • 2.8x better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 179.2 gflops
Core clock speed 730 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 128
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops vs 179.2 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R2 Graphics
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

Name AMD Radeon R2 Graphics AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 250
PassMark - G2D Mark 67
Geekbench - OpenCL 7324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 93.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.299
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.121
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 375
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1282
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1912
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 375
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1282
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1912

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R2 Graphics AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Beema Oland
Launch date 27 February 2015 1 November 2013
Place in performance rating 1589 not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 730 MHz
Floating-point performance 179.2 gflops 499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 128 320
Texture fill rate 5.6 GTexel / s 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 930 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