AMD Radeon R8 M445DX vs AMD Radeon R7 M340

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M445DX and AMD Radeon R7 M340 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

AMD Radeon R7 M340

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.2x more pipelines: 704 vs 320
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 181 vs 152
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 797 vs 651
4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21666 vs 5185
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2636 vs 1732
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2636 vs 1732
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1668
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 1668

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Pipelines	704 vs 320
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	181 vs 152
PassMark - G3D Mark	797 vs 651
Geekbench - OpenCL	21666 vs 5185
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2636 vs 1732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2636 vs 1732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 1668

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M340

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 943 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1550 vs 1427
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1550 vs 1427

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	943 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1550 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1550 vs 1427

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427

1550

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427

1550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

181

152

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

797

651

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

21666

5185

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2636

1732

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2636

1732

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

1668

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

1668

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX	AMD Radeon R7 M340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1427	1550
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1427	1550
PassMark - G2D Mark	181	152
PassMark - G3D Mark	797	651
Geekbench - OpenCL	21666	5185
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2636	1732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2636	1732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	1668
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX	AMD Radeon R7 M340
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Meso	Meso
Launch date	15 May 2016	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	984	1383
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz	1021 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	943 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	704	320
Transistor count	3,100 million	3,100 million
Compute units		6
Floating-point performance		549.1 gflops
Texture fill rate		17.16 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	medium sized
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Memory bus width	128 + 64 Bit	128 bit
Memory type	DDR4 / DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		64 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore