AMD Radeon R5 M240 Rebrand vs AMD Radeon R7 A265

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M240 Rebrand and AMD Radeon R7 A265 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.

AMD Radeon R5 M240 Rebrand

AMD Radeon R7 A265

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A265

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 825 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 19.8 GTexel / s vs 16.8 GTexel / s
Around 18% better floating-point performance: 633.6 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 650 MHz
Boost clock speed	825 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.8 GTexel / s vs 16.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M240 Rebrand
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 A265

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M240 Rebrand	AMD Radeon R7 A265
PassMark - G3D Mark		994
PassMark - G2D Mark		468
Geekbench - OpenCL		6925

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M240 Rebrand	AMD Radeon R7 A265
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Mars	Opal
Launch date	10 January 2014	9 January 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	458
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	700 MHz	825 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	537.6 gflops	633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	16.8 GTexel / s	19.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3