AMD Radeon R7 240 vs NVIDIA Quadro 4000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and NVIDIA Quadro 4000 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 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 15.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 320 vs 256
  • Around 3% better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 486.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 142 Watt
  • Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5331 vs 5013
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.59 vs 20.453
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 60.326 vs 39.651
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 2 November 2010
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s vs 15.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 256
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops vs 486.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 142 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5331 vs 5013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.59 vs 20.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.326 vs 39.651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 4000

  • 2.4x more memory clock speed: 2808 MHz vs 1150 MHz
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1476 vs 902
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 382 vs 274
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 306.122 vs 290.632
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.552 vs 1.262
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2079 vs 1688
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3472 vs 2342
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2079 vs 1688
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3472 vs 2342
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 2808 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1476 vs 902
PassMark - G2D Mark 382 vs 274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.345 vs 13.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 306.122 vs 290.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.552 vs 1.262
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2079 vs 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3472 vs 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2079 vs 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3472 vs 2342

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 4000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
902
1476
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
274
382
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5331
5013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.344
13.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
290.632
306.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.262
1.552
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.59
20.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
60.326
39.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1688
2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1688
2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342
3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3350
Name AMD Radeon R7 240 NVIDIA Quadro 4000
PassMark - G3D Mark 902 1476
PassMark - G2D Mark 274 382
Geekbench - OpenCL 5331 5013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.344 13.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 290.632 306.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.262 1.552
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.59 20.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.326 39.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688 2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 240 NVIDIA Quadro 4000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Oland GF100
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 2 November 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $69 $1,199
Place in performance rating 1236 1047
Price now $49.99 $141.66
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 24.92 17.08

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 486.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 256
Stream Processors 320
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 15.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 142 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,100 million
Core clock speed 475 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 89.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz 2808 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync