AMD Radeon R7 240 vs ATI Radeon 9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and ATI Radeon 9000 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

ATI Radeon 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 3 month(s) later
15.6x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 400 MHz
224.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 897 vs 4
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 270 vs 123

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 1 July 2002
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	897 vs 4
PassMark - G2D Mark	270 vs 123

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000

Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

897

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

270

123

Name	AMD Radeon R7 240	ATI Radeon 9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	897	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	270	123
Geekbench - OpenCL	5239
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 240	ATI Radeon 9000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 7
Code name	Oland	RV250
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	1 July 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$69
Place in performance rating	1256	1253
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	150 nm
Pipelines	320
Stream Processors	320
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	36 million
Core clock speed		250 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 4x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A	None
API support
DirectX	12	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
Technologies
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync