AMD Radeon R7 240 vs AMD Radeon HD 6670

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon HD 6670 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) 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 66 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 902 vs 724
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 247
  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5331 vs 1905
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.344 vs 4.861
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 290.632 vs 235.463
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.262 vs 0.463
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.59 vs 15.918
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 60.326 vs 38.551
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1688 vs 1564
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1688 vs 1564
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 19 April 2011
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 66 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 902 vs 724
PassMark - G2D Mark 274 vs 247
Geekbench - OpenCL 5331 vs 1905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.344 vs 4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 290.632 vs 235.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.262 vs 0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.59 vs 15.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.326 vs 38.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3348

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6670

  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 800 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 480 vs 320
  • Around 54% better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3260 vs 2342
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3260 vs 2342
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 800 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 480 vs 320
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3260 vs 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3260 vs 2342

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6670

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
902
724
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
274
247
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5331
1905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.344
4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
290.632
235.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.262
0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.59
15.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
60.326
38.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1688
1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1688
1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3348
Name AMD Radeon R7 240 AMD Radeon HD 6670
PassMark - G3D Mark 902 724
PassMark - G2D Mark 274 247
Geekbench - OpenCL 5331 1905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.344 4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 290.632 235.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.262 0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.59 15.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.326 38.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 240 AMD Radeon HD 6670

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Oland Turks
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 19 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $69 $99
Place in performance rating 1236 1255
Price now $49.99 $102.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 24.92 13.12

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 480
Stream Processors 320
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 66 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 2.0 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 64 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
AMD Eyefinity