AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 5850 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), 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

ATI Radeon HD 5850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 780 MHz vs 725 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 151 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	1 November 2013 vs 30 September 2009
Core clock speed	730 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	780 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

3.3x more texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
4.5x more pipelines: 1440 vs 320
4.2x better floating-point performance: 2,088.0 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1440 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,088.0 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5850

Name	AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark		1966
PassMark - G2D Mark		411
Geekbench - OpenCL		33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 5850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Oland	Cypress
Launch date	1 November 2013	30 September 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	751
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz	725 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops	2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	320	1440
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	52.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	151 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity