Radeon R5 A240 vs HD 7480D

Place in performance ranking	1128	934
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Terascale 3 (2010−2013)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Trinity	Oland
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	26 September 2012 (11 years ago)	2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$53	no data
Current price	$215 (4.1x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	128	320
Core clock speed	614 MHz	1030 MHz
Boost clock speed	724 MHz	780 MHz
Number of transistors	1,303 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	6.400	15.60

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	IGP	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	System Shared	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	2 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1800 MBps
Memory bandwidth	no data	28.8 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 1.4a, 1x VGA
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5 (5.1)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.170

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 7480D 0.72

R5 A240 1.49
+107%

R5 A240 outperforms HD 7480D by 107% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 7480D 278

R5 A240 576
+107%

R5 A240 outperforms HD 7480D by 107% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−100%

24−27
+100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

1−2

−200%

3−4
+200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	1−2
Hitman 3	0−1	2−3
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	1−2
Hitman 3	0−1	2−3
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2
Hitman 3	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%