AMD Radeon R7 240 vs NVIDIA GRID K180Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and NVIDIA GRID K180Q 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 3 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 320 vs 192
  • Around 53% better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 897 vs 534
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 270 vs 113
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1688 vs 1201
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 1744
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2688
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1688 vs 1201
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 1744
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2688
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 28 June 2013
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 192
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 897 vs 534
PassMark - G2D Mark 270 vs 113
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688 vs 1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 vs 1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 2688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 vs 1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 vs 1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 2688

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K180Q

  • Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K180Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
897
534
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
270
113
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1688
1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
2688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1688
1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
2688
Name AMD Radeon R7 240 NVIDIA GRID K180Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 897 534
PassMark - G2D Mark 270 113
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 1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 2688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 2688
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 240 NVIDIA GRID K180Q

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Oland GK107
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 28 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $69 $125
Place in performance rating 1256 1257
Price now $49.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 24.92

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 192
Stream Processors 320
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 130 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,270 million
Core clock speed 850 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz 1782 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync