AMD Radeon R7 240 vs AMD Radeon HD 6550D

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon HD 6550D 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

AMD Radeon HD 6550D

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 907 vs 401
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 273 vs 131
3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5188 vs 1357
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1688 vs 1382
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 1975
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3324
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1688 vs 1382
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 1975
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3324

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 30 June 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	907 vs 401
PassMark - G2D Mark	273 vs 131
Geekbench - OpenCL	5188 vs 1357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1688 vs 1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2342 vs 1975
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1688 vs 1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2342 vs 1975
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3324

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550D

Around 25% higher pipelines: 400 vs 320

Pipelines	400 vs 320

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550D

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

907

401

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

273

131

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5188

1357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1688

1382

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2342

1975

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3324

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1688

1382

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2342

1975

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3324

Name	AMD Radeon R7 240	AMD Radeon HD 6550D
PassMark - G3D Mark	907	401
PassMark - G2D Mark	273	131
Geekbench - OpenCL	5188	1357
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	1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2342	1975
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1688	1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2342	1975
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3324
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 240	AMD Radeon HD 6550D
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Terascale 2
Code name	Oland	Llano
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	30 June 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$69
Place in performance rating	1236	1238
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
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	320	400
Stream Processors	320
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1000 Million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	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
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A
API support
DirectX	12	11
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory		1
Technologies
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync