AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 270X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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

  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 180 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 180 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

  • Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • 5.4x more texture fill rate: 84 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
  • 5.4x better floating-point performance: 2,688 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
  • 8.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4869 vs 548
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 613 vs 194
  • 4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 63.87 vs 13.569
  • 8.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1314.72 vs 162.886
  • 6.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.354 vs 1.009
  • 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 85.21 vs 19.668
  • 4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 315.412 vs 77.819
  • 7.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8068 vs 1119
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 1284
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 2264
  • 7.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8068 vs 1119
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 1284
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 2264
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate 84 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance 2,688 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4869 vs 548
PassMark - G2D Mark 613 vs 194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 63.87 vs 13.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1314.72 vs 162.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.354 vs 1.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 85.21 vs 19.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 315.412 vs 77.819
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8068 vs 1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 vs 1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 2264
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8068 vs 1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 vs 1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 2264

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
548
4869
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
194
613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.569
63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.886
1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.009
6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.668
85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
77.819
315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
3350
Name AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM AMD Radeon R9 270X
PassMark - G3D Mark 548 4869
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 613
Geekbench - OpenCL 4936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.569 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.886 1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.009 6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.668 85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.819 315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1119 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1284 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2264 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1119 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1284 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2264 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1772

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM AMD Radeon R9 270X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Oland Curacao
Launch date 1 November 2013 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 1406 440
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $399
Value for money (0-100) 16.05

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 1280
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 180 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 2,800 million
Stream Processors 1280

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 2 x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)