AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 vs AMD Radeon HD 8240

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 and AMD Radeon HD 8240 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 5

AMD Radeon HD 8240

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 5

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.5x more pipelines: 320 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	7 Jan 2020 vs 23 May 2013
Pipelines	320 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 5
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8240

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 5	AMD Radeon HD 8240
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	902
Geekbench - OpenCL		978
PassMark - G2D Mark		63
PassMark - G3D Mark		246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1627

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 5	AMD Radeon HD 8240
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	GCN
Code name	Vega	Temash
Launch date	7 Jan 2020	23 May 2013
Place in performance rating	1534	1537
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	128
Core clock speed		400 MHz
API support
DirectX	12.1	11.1
Memory
Shared memory		1