Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary vs HD 8240

Place in performance ranking	1164	76
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	27.09
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Temash	Navi 10
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	7 July 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$449
Current price	$280	$409 (0.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 8240 and RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary 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	2560
Core clock speed	400 MHz	1680 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1980 MHz
Number of transistors	1,178 million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.200	316.8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8240 and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary 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 4.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	448.0 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

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

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary 42.99
+6948%

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary outperforms HD 8240 by 6948% 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

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary 16602
+6995%

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary outperforms HD 8240 by 6995% 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
−6900%

210−220

+6900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −6900%	210−220 +6900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −6900%	210−220 +6900%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −6900%	70−75 +6900%
Hitman 3	2−3 −6900%	140−150 +6900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −6567%	800−850 +6567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −6329%	450−500 +6329%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −6567%	600−650 +6567%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −6900%	210−220 +6900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −6900%	210−220 +6900%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −6900%	70−75 +6900%
Hitman 3	2−3 −6900%	140−150 +6900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −6567%	800−850 +6567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −6329%	450−500 +6329%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −6900%	210−220 +6900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −6567%	600−650 +6567%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −6900%	210−220 +6900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −6900%	210−220 +6900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −6567%	800−850 +6567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −6329%	450−500 +6329%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −6900%	210−220 +6900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −6567%	600−650 +6567%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −6900%	280−290 +6900%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −6900%	70−75 +6900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −6900%	70−75 +6900%
Hitman 3	6−7 −6567%	400−450 +6567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −6900%	210−220 +6900%