R100 vs Radeon R5 A240

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	931	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code name	Oland	R100
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	2014 (10 years ago)	no data
Current price	no data	$219

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	320	no data
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	780 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	30 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	15.60	no data

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	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1800 MBps	no data
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x VGA	no data
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	7.0
Shader Model	6.5 (5.1)	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	2.1 (1.2)	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.170	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

28 nm

180 nm

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