AMD Radeon R7 240 vs AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM 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 7470 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.6x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 320 vs 160
2.1x better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
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
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 902 vs 289
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 152
6.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5331 vs 790
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1688 vs 540
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 1044
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 1702
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1688 vs 540
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 1044
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 1702

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 5 January 2012
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 160
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	902 vs 289
PassMark - G2D Mark	274 vs 152
Geekbench - OpenCL	5331 vs 790
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1688 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2342 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1688 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2342 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 1702

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 50 Watt
3.1x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

902

289

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

274

152

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5331

790

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1688

540

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2342

1044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

1702

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1688

540

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2342

1044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

1702

Name	AMD Radeon R7 240	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	902	289
PassMark - G2D Mark	274	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	5331	790
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	540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2342	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1688	540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2342	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	1702
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	437

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 240	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Oland	Caicos
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$69
Place in performance rating	1236	1491
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	240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	320	160
Stream Processors	320
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	370 million
Core clock speed		750 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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	168 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	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync