Intel UHD Graphics 617 vs AMD Radeon R7 240

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics 617 and AMD Radeon R7 240 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel UHD Graphics 617

AMD Radeon R7 240

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 617

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 780 MHz
1615.4x more texture fill rate: 25.20 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Launch date	7 November 2018 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	25.20 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

13.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 24
Around 62% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5331 vs 3300
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1688 vs 1313
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1688 vs 1313
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 1461
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 1461
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 1633
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 1633
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 230
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 902 vs 856

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	320 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5331 vs 3300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1688 vs 1313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1688 vs 1313
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2342 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2342 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 1633
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 1633
PassMark - G2D Mark	274 vs 230
PassMark - G3D Mark	902 vs 856

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics 617
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3300

5331

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1313

1688

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1313

1688

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1461

2342

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1461

2342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1633

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1633

3353

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

230

274

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

856

902

Name	Intel UHD Graphics 617	AMD Radeon R7 240
Geekbench - OpenCL	3300	5331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1313	1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1313	1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1461	2342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1461	2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1633	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1633	3353
PassMark - G2D Mark	230	274
PassMark - G3D Mark	856	902
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel UHD Graphics 617	AMD Radeon R7 240
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	GCN 1.0
Code name	Amber Lake GT2	Oland
Launch date	7 November 2018	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	1233	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	1050 MHz	780 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	100.8 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	806.4 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	403.2 GFLOPS
Pipelines	24	320
Pixel fill rate	3.150 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	25.20 GTexel/s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Floating-point performance		499.2 gflops
Stream Processors		320
Transistor count		1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		N / A
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		72 GB/s
Memory clock speed		1150 MHz
Technologies
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync