AMD Radeon R7 240 vs AMD Radeon HD 6510

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon HD 6510 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 1970
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2551
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 1970
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2551
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 14 May 2011
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 vs 1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 2551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 vs 1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 2551

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6510

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 480 vs 320
  • Around 25% better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
  • Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 1334 MHz vs 1150 MHz
  • Around 54% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7845 vs 5095
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 320
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed 1334 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 7845 vs 5095

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6510

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5095
7845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
2551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
2551
Name AMD Radeon R7 240 AMD Radeon HD 6510
PassMark - G3D Mark 903
PassMark - G2D Mark 272
Geekbench - OpenCL 5095 7845
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 2551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 2551
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 240 AMD Radeon HD 6510

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Oland Turks
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 14 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $69
Place in performance rating 1254 1245
Price now $49.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 24.92

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 480
Stream Processors 320
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 39 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 716 million
Core clock speed 650 MHz

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

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 165 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A None

API support

DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 16 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz 1334 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync