AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro 2000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro 2000 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 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 320 vs 192
  • Around 4% better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 62 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4936 vs 3879
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.569 vs 10.229
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.009 vs 0.885
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 19.668 vs 13.688
  • 4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 77.819 vs 19.02
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 November 2013 vs 24 December 2010
Core clock speed 730 MHz vs 625 MHz
Pipelines 320 vs 192
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 62 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 4936 vs 3879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.569 vs 10.229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.009 vs 0.885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.668 vs 13.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.819 vs 19.02

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 2000

  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 20 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 2600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 947 vs 548
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 303 vs 194
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 258.26 vs 162.886
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1600 vs 1119
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1682 vs 1284
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2668 vs 2264
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1600 vs 1119
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1682 vs 1284
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2668 vs 2264
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 20 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 2600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 947 vs 548
PassMark - G2D Mark 303 vs 194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 258.26 vs 162.886
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1600 vs 1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1682 vs 1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2668 vs 2264
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1600 vs 1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1682 vs 1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2668 vs 2264

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
548
947
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
194
303
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4936
3879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.569
10.229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.886
258.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.009
0.885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.668
13.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
77.819
19.02
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
1600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
1682
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
2668
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
1600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
1682
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
2668
Name AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM NVIDIA Quadro 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark 548 947
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 303
Geekbench - OpenCL 4936 3879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.569 10.229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.886 258.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.009 0.885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.668 13.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.819 19.02
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1119 1600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1284 1682
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2264 2668
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1119 1600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1284 1682
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2264 2668

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM NVIDIA Quadro 2000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Oland GF106
Launch date 1 November 2013 24 December 2010
Place in performance rating 1406 1287
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Price now $87.99
Value for money (0-100) 17.65

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 192
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 62 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,170 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 178 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 41.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 2600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5