AMD Radeon RX 560 vs AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

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

AMD Radeon RX 560

AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1090-1175 MHz vs 730 MHz
Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 1200-1275 MHz vs 780 MHz
5230.8x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 November 2013
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200-1275 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

192x better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 60-80 Watt

Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 60-80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560	AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	3657
PassMark - G2D Mark	486
Geekbench - OpenCL	57671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	257.062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1774

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560	AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 21	Oland
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	513	not rated
Price now	$104.99
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	54.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200-1275 MHz	780 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	320
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	15.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	1,040 million
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
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)