Radeon Instinct Vega vs R5 M240
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1115 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Jet | Vega 20 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 September 2014 (11 years ago) | no data |
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 | 320 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 20.60 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6592 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | no data |
| TMUs | 20 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 80 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 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).
| Bus support | Not Listed | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 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 | Not Listed | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 0 MB | no data |
| Memory bus width | Not Listed | no data |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 2400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | + | - |
| HD3D | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| DualGraphics | + | - |
| ZeroCore | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 12.0 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | Not Listed | no data |
| Mantle | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 7 nm |
Instinct Vega has a 300% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M240 and Radeon Instinct Vega. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R5 M240 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Instinct Vega is a desktop one.
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