FireStream 9170 vs Radeon HD 8240

Place in performance ranking	1164	898
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.02
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Temash	RV670
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	8 November 2007 (16 years ago)
Current price	$280	$360

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 8240 and FireStream 9170 have a nearly equal value for money.

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	400 MHz	800 MHz
Number of transistors	1,178 million	666 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	105 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.200	12.80
Floating-point performance	no data	512.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8240 and FireStream 9170 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.

Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	2 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	51.2 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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.3	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

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 8240 0.61

FireStream 9170 1.68
+175%

FireStream 9170 outperforms Radeon HD 8240 by 175% 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 8240 234

FireStream 9170 647
+176%

FireStream 9170 outperforms Radeon HD 8240 by 176% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−167%

8−9
+167%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%