AMD Radeon RX 560 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 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, 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

NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 98% higher core clock speed: 1090-1175 MHz vs 550 MHz
4636.4x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 96
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3647 vs 738
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 494 vs 242
5.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57671 vs 11231

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 2 February 2010
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3647 vs 738
PassMark - G2D Mark	494 vs 242
Geekbench - OpenCL	57671 vs 11231

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

99x better floating-point performance: 257.28 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 60-80 Watt
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3974 vs 3352
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3974 vs 3352

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 60-80 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3974 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3974 vs 3352

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3647

738

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

242

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57671

11231

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3974

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3974

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	3647	738
PassMark - G2D Mark	494	242
Geekbench - OpenCL	57671	11231
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	3974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	3974
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1803

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Polaris 21	GT215
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	2 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	522	957
Price now	$104.99
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	54.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200-1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	96
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	17.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	727 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 2.0 x16
Length	170 mm	168 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
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)