AMD Radeon R7 240 vs AMD Radeon HD 7570

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon HD 7570 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 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 60 Watt
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 896 vs 611
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 257
  • 3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5175 vs 1548
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.344 vs 4.874
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 290.632 vs 259.769
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.262 vs 0.487
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.59 vs 14.033
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 60.326 vs 57.396
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1688 vs 1389
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1688 vs 1389
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 5 January 2012
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 896 vs 611
PassMark - G2D Mark 272 vs 257
Geekbench - OpenCL 5175 vs 1548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.344 vs 4.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 290.632 vs 259.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.262 vs 0.487
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.59 vs 14.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.326 vs 57.396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688 vs 1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 vs 1389

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7570

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 480 vs 320
  • Around 25% better floating-point performance: 624 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
  • Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1150 MHz
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2724 vs 2342
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2724 vs 2342
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 320
Floating-point performance 624 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2724 vs 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2724 vs 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7570

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
896
611
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
272
257
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5175
1548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.344
4.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
290.632
259.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.262
0.487
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.59
14.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
60.326
57.396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1688
1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1688
1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3355
Name AMD Radeon R7 240 AMD Radeon HD 7570
PassMark - G3D Mark 896 611
PassMark - G2D Mark 272 257
Geekbench - OpenCL 5175 1548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.344 4.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 290.632 259.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.262 0.487
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.59 14.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.326 57.396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688 1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 240 AMD Radeon HD 7570

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Oland Turks
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $69
Place in performance rating 1245 1247
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 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 60 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
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 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR5

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync