AMD Radeon R7 240 vs ATI Radeon HD 4670 AGP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and ATI Radeon HD 4670 AGP 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 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 4% better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 59 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 17 July 2007
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 59 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670 AGP

  • Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4670 AGP

Name AMD Radeon R7 240 ATI Radeon HD 4670 AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 902
PassMark - G2D Mark 274
Geekbench - OpenCL 5331
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 HD 4670 AGP

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Oland RV730
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 17 July 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $69
Place in performance rating 1236 not rated
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 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 320 320
Stream Processors 320
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 59 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 514 million
Core clock speed 750 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 AGP 8x
Length 168 mm 193 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A

API support

DirectX 12 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync