AMD Radeon R7 240
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
AMD Radeon R7 240
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M390X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon R9 M390X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

699
Place in performance rating
259
13.47
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN 1.0
Architecture
GCN 3
Oland
Code name
Amethyst
Desktop
Type
Laptop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
9 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$69
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$261 (3.8x MSRP)
Price now
no data
reference
Design
no data
0.22
Value for money
no data
Oland
GPU code name
Amethyst (XT) / Tonga
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon R9 M390X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

320
Pipelines
2048
no data
Core clock speed
723 MHz
780 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
950 million
Transistor count
5,000 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
14.00
Texture fill rate
92.54
499.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,961 gflops
320
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
780 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
950 million
Number of transistors
5,000 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon R9 M390X.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
168 mm
Length
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N/A
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
large
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon R9 M390X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1150 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
72 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160.0 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon R9 M390X, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
no data
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon R9 M390X is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
-
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
PowerTune
+
-
TrueAudio
-
-
ZeroCore
+
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
-
no data
DualGraphics
1
no data
Switchable graphics
1

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon R9 M390X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
no data
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
6.3
1.2
OpenCL
Not Listed
-
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon R9 M390X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R7 240 or AMD Radeon R9 M390X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R7 240
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R7 240
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R7 240
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R7 240
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R7 240
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 240

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 100 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M390X

16.35% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 320)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 72 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R7 240 or AMD Radeon R9 M390X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M390X .

AMD Radeon R7 240 versus AMD Radeon R9 M390X performance benchmarks comparison

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