AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP vs AMD Radeon R7 240

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP and AMD Radeon R7 240 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.

AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP

AMD Radeon R7 240

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 780 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 65.8 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 896 vs 320
4.2x better floating-point performance: 2,106 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
6.1x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Launch date	4 July 2017 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1175 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	65.8 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,106 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP	AMD Radeon R7 240
PassMark - G3D Mark		902
PassMark - G2D Mark		274
Geekbench - OpenCL		5331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		13.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		290.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		60.326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP	AMD Radeon R7 240
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 21	Oland
Launch date	4 July 2017	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	1236
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$69
Price now		$49.99
Value for money (0-100)		24.92
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1175 MHz	780 MHz
Core clock speed	1090 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,106 gflops	499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	320
Texture fill rate	65.8 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	1,040 million
Stream Processors		320
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	170 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	N / A
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB / s	72 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync