AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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.

AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 947 MHz vs 780 MHz
11.3x more texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
8.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 320
11.3x better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Boost clock speed	947 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 320
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

Name	AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G3D Mark		8611
PassMark - G2D Mark		765
Geekbench - OpenCL		43456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3925

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Oland	Hawaii
Launch date	1 November 2013	24 October 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	302
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz	947 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops	5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	2816
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	6,200 million
Stream Processors		2560
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
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)