AMD Radeon R7 240 vs AMD Radeon HD 6570

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon HD 6570 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) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 780 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 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 28% higher memory clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 902 vs 559
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 218
  • 3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5331 vs 1561
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.344 vs 4.278
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 290.632 vs 255.525
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.262 vs 0.464
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.59 vs 13.633
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 60.326 vs 59.183
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1688 vs 1296
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 1044
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2716
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1688 vs 1296
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 1044
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2716
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 7 February 2011
Boost clock speed 780 MHz vs 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 902 vs 559
PassMark - G2D Mark 274 vs 218
Geekbench - OpenCL 5331 vs 1561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.344 vs 4.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 290.632 vs 255.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.262 vs 0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.59 vs 13.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.326 vs 59.183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688 vs 1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 vs 1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 2716

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6570

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 480 vs 320
  • Around 25% better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 50 Watt
Pipelines 480 vs 320
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6570

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
902
559
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
274
218
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5331
1561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.344
4.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
290.632
255.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.262
0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.59
13.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
60.326
59.183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1688
1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1688
1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
2716
Name AMD Radeon R7 240 AMD Radeon HD 6570
PassMark - G3D Mark 902 559
PassMark - G2D Mark 274 218
Geekbench - OpenCL 5331 1561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.344 4.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 290.632 255.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.262 0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.59 13.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.326 59.183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688 1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 2716
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 846

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 240 AMD Radeon HD 6570

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Oland Thames
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 7 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $69 $79
Place in performance rating 1236 1426
Price now $49.99 $49.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 24.92 19.92

Technical info

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

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
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A None

API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
AMD Eyefinity
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)