AMD Radeon R7 240 vs ATI Radeon X1600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and ATI Radeon X1600 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) 9 month(s) later
  • 6.1x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 18.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 903 vs 49
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 209
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 1019
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 1019
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 1 January 2007
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 903 vs 49
PassMark - G2D Mark 272 vs 209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 1019

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

  • Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 50 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 27 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
903
49
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
272
209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
1019
Name AMD Radeon R7 240 ATI Radeon X1600
PassMark - G3D Mark 903 49
PassMark - G2D Mark 272 209
Geekbench - OpenCL 5095
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 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 1019
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 240 ATI Radeon X1600

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 R500
Code name Oland RV516
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 1 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $69
Place in performance rating 1253 1250
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 80 nm
Pipelines 320
Stream Processors 320
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 2.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 27 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 107 million
Core clock speed 635 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 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 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A None

API support

DirectX 12 9.0c
OpenGL 4.5 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR2

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync