AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 vs AMD Radeon R7 240

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 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, 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).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

AMD Radeon R7 240

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 60% higher pipelines: 512 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	26 Oct 2017 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 780 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	AMD Radeon R7 240
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1429	0
PassMark - G3D Mark		902
PassMark - G2D Mark		274
Geekbench - OpenCL		5331
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 8	AMD Radeon R7 240
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	GCN 1.0
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Oland
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	949	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	1200 MHz	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	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