AMD Radeon R7 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce 210

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and NVIDIA GeForce 210 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 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 3.8x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
  • 20x more pipelines: 320 vs 16
  • 12.7x better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 902 vs 126
  • 9.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 30
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5331 vs 2438
  • 4.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 497
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 688
  • 4.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 497
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 688
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 12 October 2009
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 16
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 902 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 274 vs 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 5331 vs 2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 688

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

  • Around 61% lower typical power consumption: 30.5 Watt vs 50 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30.5 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 210

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
902
126
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
274
30
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5331
2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
688
Name AMD Radeon R7 240 NVIDIA GeForce 210
PassMark - G3D Mark 902 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 274 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 5331 2438
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 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 688
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 240 NVIDIA GeForce 210

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Oland GT218
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 12 October 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $69 $29.49
Place in performance rating 1236 1674
Price now $49.99 $32.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 24.92 6.81

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 16
Stream Processors 320
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 30.5 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 260 million
Core clock speed 1402 MHz
CUDA cores 16
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI-E 2.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 6.60" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors N / A None
Height 2.731" (6.9 cm)

API support

DirectX 12 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 8.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz 500 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR2

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
CUDA