AMD Radeon R7 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 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 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 11.2 billion / sec
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
  • Around 86% better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 1150x more memory clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 902 vs 383
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 158
  • 3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5331 vs 1571
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.344 vs 4.046
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 290.632 vs 83.907
  • 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.262 vs 0.371
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.59 vs 6.791
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 60.326 vs 17.41
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1688 vs 614
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 1162
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 1683
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1688 vs 614
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 1162
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 1683
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 15 May 2012
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s vs 11.2 billion / sec
Pipelines 320 vs 96
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 902 vs 383
PassMark - G2D Mark 274 vs 158
Geekbench - OpenCL 5331 vs 1571
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.344 vs 4.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 290.632 vs 83.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.262 vs 0.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.59 vs 6.791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.326 vs 17.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688 vs 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 1683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 vs 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 1683

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

  • Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 50 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
902
383
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
274
158
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5331
1571
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.344
4.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
290.632
83.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.262
0.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.59
6.791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
60.326
17.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1688
614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
1683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1688
614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
1683
Name AMD Radeon R7 240 NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
PassMark - G3D Mark 902 383
PassMark - G2D Mark 274 158
Geekbench - OpenCL 5331 1571
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.344 4.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 290.632 83.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.262 0.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.59 6.791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.326 17.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 1683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 1683
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 240 NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Oland GF108
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 15 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $69 $39.99
Place in performance rating 1236 1554
Price now $49.99 $39.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 24.92 13.32

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 96
Stream Processors 320
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 11.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 49 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 585 million
Core clock speed 700 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C

Video outputs and ports

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

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 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors N / A None
Height 2.7" (6.9 cm)

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.2

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 1.8 GB/s
Memory type DDR3 DDR3

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA