NVIDIA GeForce 710A vs AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 710A and AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 710A

AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 710A

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1967 vs 1284
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1967 vs 1284

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 1 November 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1967 vs 1284
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1967 vs 1284

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 719 MHz
Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 11.5 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 320 vs 192
Around 81% better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 276.1 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 546 vs 472
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 193
Around 88% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4949 vs 2638
Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.569 vs 7.071
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 162.886 vs 141.919
Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.009 vs 0.636
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 19.668 vs 13.803
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 77.819 vs 23.162
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1119 vs 1112
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1119 vs 1112

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	730 MHz vs 719 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 11.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 192
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops vs 276.1 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	546 vs 472
PassMark - G2D Mark	194 vs 193
Geekbench - OpenCL	4949 vs 2638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.569 vs 7.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	162.886 vs 141.919
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.009 vs 0.636
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.668 vs 13.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	77.819 vs 23.162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1119 vs 1112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1119 vs 1112

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 710A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

472

546

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

193

194

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2638

4949

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.071

13.569

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

141.919

162.886

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.636

1.009

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.803

19.668

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

23.162

77.819

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1112

1119

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1967

1284

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1112

1119

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1967

1284

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 710A	AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	472	546
PassMark - G2D Mark	193	194
Geekbench - OpenCL	2638	4949
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.071	13.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	141.919	162.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.636	1.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	13.803	19.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.162	77.819
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1112	1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1967	1284
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1112	1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1967	1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2264

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 710A	AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK208	Oland
Launch date	17 March 2014	1 November 2013
Place in performance rating	1397	1399
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	719 MHz	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	276.1 gflops	499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	192	320
Texture fill rate	11.5 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		780 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3