GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R7 240

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 240 and GeForce RTX 5090, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 240
2013
2 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
2.20

RTX 5090 outperforms R7 240 by a whopping 4336% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8842
Place by popularitynot in top-1009
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.1611.23
Power efficiency5.3112.28
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameOlandGB202
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)30 January 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$69 $1,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

RTX 5090 has 6919% 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 cores32021760
Core clock speedno data2017 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHz2407 MHz
Number of transistors950 million92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt575 Watt
Texture fill rate14.001,637
Floating-point processing power0.448 TFLOPS104.8 TFLOPS
ROPs8176
TMUs20680
Tensor Coresno data680
Ray Tracing Coresno data170

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Length168 mm304 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsN/A1x 16-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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount2 GB32 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s1.79 TB/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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
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.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA-12.0
DLSS-+

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.

R7 240 2.20
RTX 5090 97.60
+4336%

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.

R7 240 901
RTX 5090 40034
+4343%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R7 240 1220
RTX 5090 89073
+7201%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD5−6
−4720%
241
+4720%
1440p4−5
−5075%
207
+5075%
4K3−4
−5200%
159
+5200%

Cost per frame, $

1080p13.80
−66.4%
8.29
+66.4%
1440p17.25
−78.6%
9.66
+78.6%
4K23.00
−82.9%
12.57
+82.9%
  • RTX 5090 has 66% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • RTX 5090 has 79% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • RTX 5090 has 83% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Baldur's Gate 3 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Baldur's Gate 3 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Battlefield 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Far Cry 5 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 650−700
+0%
650−700
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Baldur's Gate 3 347
+0%
347
+0%
Battlefield 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Far Cry 5 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Metro Exodus 69
+0%
69
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 400−450
+0%
400−450
+0%
Valorant 650−700
+0%
650−700
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Baldur's Gate 3 338
+0%
338
+0%
Battlefield 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Far Cry 5 309
+0%
309
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 358
+0%
358
+0%
Valorant 650−700
+0%
650−700
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 500−550
+0%
500−550
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Metro Exodus 202
+0%
202
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 450−500
+0%
450−500
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Baldur's Gate 3 277
+0%
277
+0%
Battlefield 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Far Cry 5 304
+0%
304
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 327
+0%
327
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

4K
High Preset

Baldur's Gate 3 245
+0%
245
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 87
+0%
87
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Metro Exodus 167
+0%
167
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 386
+0%
386
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Baldur's Gate 3 172
+0%
172
+0%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Far Cry 5 231
+0%
231
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

This is how R7 240 and RTX 5090 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5090 is 4720% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5090 is 5075% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5090 is 5200% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.20 97.60
Recency 8 October 2013 30 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 575 Watt

R7 240 has 1050% lower power consumption.

RTX 5090, on the other hand, has a 4336.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 240 in performance tests.

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AMD Radeon R7 240
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