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).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

AMD Radeon R7 240

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