AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 7470 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 320 vs 160
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 548 vs 289
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 152
  • 6.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4936 vs 790
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1119 vs 540
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1284 vs 1044
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2264 vs 1702
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1119 vs 540
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1284 vs 1044
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2264 vs 1702
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 November 2013 vs 5 January 2012
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 160
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 548 vs 289
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 vs 152
Geekbench - OpenCL 4936 vs 790
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1119 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1284 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2264 vs 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1119 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1284 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2264 vs 1702

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 730 MHz
  • Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 730 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 27 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
548
289
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
194
152
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4936
790
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
1702
Name AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 548 289
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 152
Geekbench - OpenCL 4936 790
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.819
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1119 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1284 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2264 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1119 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1284 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2264 1702
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 437

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Oland Caicos
Launch date 1 November 2013 5 January 2012
Place in performance rating 1406 1491
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 160
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 27 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5