AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 8550G 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 R5 240 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 515 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 780 MHz vs 720 MHz
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 320 vs 256
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 540 vs 411
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 192 vs 117
  • 4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5166 vs 1244
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1119 vs 753
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1119 vs 753
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 November 2013 vs 12 March 2013
Core clock speed 730 MHz vs 515 MHz
Boost clock speed 780 MHz vs 720 MHz
Pipelines 320 vs 256
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 540 vs 411
PassMark - G2D Mark 192 vs 117
Geekbench - OpenCL 5166 vs 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1119 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1119 vs 753

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550G

  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1397 vs 1284
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2459 vs 2264
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1397 vs 1284
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2459 vs 2264
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1397 vs 1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2459 vs 2264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1397 vs 1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2459 vs 2264

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8550G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
540
411
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
192
117
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5166
1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
2459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
2459
Name AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM AMD Radeon HD 8550G
PassMark - G3D Mark 540 411
PassMark - G2D Mark 192 117
Geekbench - OpenCL 5166 1244
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 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1284 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2264 2459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1119 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1284 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2264 2459

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 3
Code name Oland Richland
Launch date 1 November 2013 12 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1410 1412
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz 720 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz 515 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 320 256
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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

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