AMD Radeon R7 M340 vs Intel HD Graphics

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M340 and Intel HD Graphics 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M340

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 943 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1021 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 13.2x more texture fill rate: 17.16 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
  • 53.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 6
  • 35.2x better floating-point performance: 549.1 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 651 vs 464
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1550 vs 470
  • 193.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1550 vs 8
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 5 January 2015
Core clock speed 943 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1021 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.16 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 6
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 651 vs 464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1550 vs 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1550 vs 8

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 193 vs 152
  • Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5315 vs 5185
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 vs 152
Geekbench - OpenCL 5315 vs 5185

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M340
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
651
464
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
152
193
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5185
5315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1550
470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1550
8
Name AMD Radeon R7 M340 Intel HD Graphics
PassMark - G3D Mark 651 464
PassMark - G2D Mark 152 193
Geekbench - OpenCL 5185 5315
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 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1550 8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1668

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M340 Intel HD Graphics

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Generation 8.0
Code name Meso Broadwell GT1
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 5 January 2015
Place in performance rating 1383 1384
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1021 MHz 850 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 943 MHz 300 MHz
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops 15.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 320 6
Texture fill rate 17.16 GTexel / s 1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,300 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 System Shared
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore