AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 vs AMD Radeon R7 240

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 and AMD Radeon R7 240 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 448 vs 320
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11203 vs 5331
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Jan 2020 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1600 MHz vs 780 MHz
Pipelines 448 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 11203 vs 5331

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11203
5331
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 AMD Radeon R7 240
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1069 0
Geekbench - OpenCL 11203 5331
PassMark - G3D Mark 902
PassMark - G2D Mark 274
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

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 AMD Radeon R7 240

Essentials

Architecture Vega GCN 1.0
Code name Vega Raven Ridge Oland
Launch date 7 Jan 2020 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 1317 1236
Type Laptop 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 1600 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 448 320
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops
Stream Processors 320
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenGL 4.5

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz
Memory type DDR3

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync