Radeon R7 240 vs Pro W5700
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro W5700 with Radeon R7 240, including specs and performance data.
Pro W5700 outperforms R7 240 by a whopping 1510% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 157 | 894 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 43.89 | 0.16 |
| Power efficiency | 12.69 | 5.39 |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Navi 10 | Oland |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Design | no data | reference |
| Release date | 19 November 2019 (5 years ago) | 8 October 2013 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $69 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Pro W5700 has 27331% better value for money than R7 240.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2304 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 1243 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1930 MHz | 780 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 10,300 million | 950 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 205 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 277.9 | 14.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.893 TFLOPS | 0.448 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 8 |
| TMUs | 144 | 20 |
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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 305 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | N/A |
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 | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 1150 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 72 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 | 5x mini-DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | - | + |
| FreeSync | - | + |
| DDMA audio | no data | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | DirectX® 12 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 34.30 | 2.13 |
| Recency | 19 November 2019 | 8 October 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 205 Watt | 50 Watt |
Pro W5700 has a 1510.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
R7 240, on the other hand, has 310% lower power consumption.
The Radeon Pro W5700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 240 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro W5700 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 240 is a desktop one.
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