NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs AMD Radeon R7 240

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

AMD Radeon R7 240

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.3x more boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 780 MHz
12756.4x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
11.2x more pipelines: 3584 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 63% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1150 MHz
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 274
17x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15295 vs 902

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 274
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295 vs 902

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

3.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

274

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15295

902

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon R7 240
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1577	0
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	274
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295	902
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)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon R7 240
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 1.0
Code name	GA106	Oland
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	82	1236
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$69
Price now		$49.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		24.92
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	780 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3584	320
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	1,040 million
Floating-point performance		499.2 gflops
Stream Processors		320
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	168 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	N / A
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	72 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	1150 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR3
Technologies
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync