AMD Radeon R7 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce 705M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and NVIDIA GeForce 705M 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

NVIDIA GeForce 705M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

2.6x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 5.904 GTexel / s
6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
3.5x better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 900 vs 456
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.344 vs 4.569
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 290.632 vs 115.15
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.262 vs 0.373
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.59 vs 7.904
5.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 60.326 vs 11.055
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 1131
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 1629
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 1131
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 1629

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 5.904 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 48
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	900 vs 456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.344 vs 4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	290.632 vs 115.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.262 vs 0.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.59 vs 7.904
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	60.326 vs 11.055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2342 vs 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 1629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2342 vs 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 1629

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 705M

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 455 vs 272

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	455 vs 272

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 705M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

900

456

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

272

455

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.344

4.569

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

290.632

115.15

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.262

0.373

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.59

7.904

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

60.326

11.055

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2342

1131

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

1629

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2342

1131

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

1629

Name	AMD Radeon R7 240	NVIDIA GeForce 705M
PassMark - G3D Mark	900	456
PassMark - G2D Mark	272	455
Geekbench - OpenCL	5033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.344	4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	290.632	115.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.262	0.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.59	7.904
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	60.326	11.055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2342	1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	1629
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2342	1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	1629
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 240	NVIDIA GeForce 705M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Oland	GF117
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	27 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$69
Place in performance rating	1256	1244
Price now	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	24.92
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops	141.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	48
Stream Processors	320
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	5.904 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	585 million
Core clock speed		738 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 2560x1600
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A
API support
DirectX	12	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3
Technologies
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus