AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM vs AMD Radeon R7 240

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM and AMD Radeon R7 240 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 62% higher texture fill rate: 25.2 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • Around 62% better floating-point performance: 806.4 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
  • 3.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate 25.2 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Floating-point performance 806.4 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5331 vs 5150
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1688 vs 1106
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1688 vs 1106
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 1841
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 1841
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3260
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3260
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5331 vs 5150
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688 vs 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 vs 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 vs 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 vs 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3260

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5150
5331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1106
1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1106
1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1841
2342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1841
2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3260
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3260
3353
Name AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM AMD Radeon R7 240
Geekbench - OpenCL 5150 5331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1106 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1106 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1841 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1841 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3260 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3260 3353
PassMark - G3D Mark 902
PassMark - G2D Mark 274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 290.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.326
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM AMD Radeon R7 240

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Oland Oland
Launch date 5 May 2015 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 1281 1236
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $69
Price now $49.99
Value for money (0-100) 24.92

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 780 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 806.4 gflops 499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 320
Texture fill rate 25.2 GTexel / s 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,040 million
Stream Processors 320

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None N / A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 168 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync