AMD Radeon R7 M340 vs AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M340 and AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM 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 M340

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 943 MHz vs 750 MHz
  • 2.9x more texture fill rate: 17.16 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 320 vs 160
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 549.1 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 651 vs 289
  • 6.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5185 vs 790
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1550 vs 540
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1732 vs 1044
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1550 vs 540
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1732 vs 1044
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed 943 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.16 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 160
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 651 vs 289
Geekbench - OpenCL 5185 vs 790
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1550 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1732 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1550 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1732 vs 1044

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

  • 3.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1702 vs 1668
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1702 vs 1668
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1702 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1702 vs 1668

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M340
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
651
289
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
152
152
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5185
790
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1550
540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1732
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1668
1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1550
540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1732
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1668
1702
Name AMD Radeon R7 M340 AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 651 289
PassMark - G2D Mark 152 152
Geekbench - OpenCL 5185 790
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.48
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 164.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 74.38
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1550 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1732 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1668 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1550 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1732 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1668 1702
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 437

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M340 AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Meso Caicos
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 5 January 2012
Place in performance rating 1383 1491
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1021 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 943 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 160
Texture fill rate 17.16 GTexel / s 6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million 370 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 27 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 168 mm

API support

DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore