Radeon RX 580X Mobile vs R5 M240

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1109not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameJetPolaris 20
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date18 September 2014 (11 years ago)11 April 2018 (8 years ago)

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 cores3202304
Core clock speed1000 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1077 MHz
Number of transistors690 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data100 Watt
Texture fill rate20.60155.1
Floating-point processing power0.6592 TFLOPS4.963 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs20144
L1 Cache80 KB576 KB
L2 Cache128 KB2 MB

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportNot Listedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8MXM-B (3.0)

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 typeNot ListedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount0 MB8 GB
Memory bus widthNot Listed256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
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Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-
HD3D+-
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API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 September 2014 11 April 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

RX 580X Mobile has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M240 and Radeon RX 580X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

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