AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 XT and AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 973 MHz vs 730 MHz
Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1073 MHz vs 780 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.7x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 32333 vs 24076

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2019 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	973 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed	1073 MHz vs 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	32333 vs 24076

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

32333

24076

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	32333	24076
PassMark - G2D Mark		359
PassMark - G3D Mark		1000

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Ellesmere	Oland
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	13 March 2019	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	720	506
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1073 MHz	780 MHz
Core clock speed	973 MHz	730 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	1,040 million
Floating-point performance		599.0 gflops
Pipelines		384
Texture fill rate		18.72 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	1800 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		DDR3