Radeon R5 240 OEM vs GeForce GTX 480M

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	646	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.50	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	N11E-GTX-A3	Oland
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	25 May 2010 (13 years ago)	1 November 2013 (10 years ago)
Current price	$163	$240

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	352	384
Core clock speed	425 MHz	730 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	780 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	18.7 billion/sec	18.72
Floating-point performance	598.4 gflops	499.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 480M and Radeon R5 240 OEM compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 May 2010	1 November 2013
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	50 Watt

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