AMD Radeon R7 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 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 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
- Around 72% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 86 Watt
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
- 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 900 vs 291
- Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 196
- 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 1244
- 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 1244
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 8 October 2013 vs 22 June 2005 |
Texture fill rate | 15.6 GTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 110 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 86 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 256 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 900 vs 291 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 272 vs 196 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 vs 1244 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 vs 1244 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
- Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 1150 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon R7 240 | NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 900 | 291 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 272 | 196 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 5033 | |
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 | 1244 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1688 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2342 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 | 1244 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon R7 240 | NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Curie |
Code name | Oland | G70 |
Design | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series | |
Launch date | 8 October 2013 | 22 June 2005 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $69 | $599 |
Place in performance rating | 1244 | 1234 |
Price now | $49.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 24.92 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 780 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 499.2 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 110 nm |
Pipelines | 320 | |
Stream Processors | 320 | |
Texture fill rate | 15.6 GTexel / s | 10.32 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 86 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,040 million | 302 million |
Core clock speed | 430 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 168 mm | 228 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | N / A | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 38.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1150 MHz | 1200 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync |