Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile vs Radeon R7 240

Place in performance ranking	811	191
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.16	6.45
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Oland	N19E-Q1
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	8 October 2013 (10 years ago)	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$69	no data
Current price	$109 (1.6x MSRP)	$2393

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3000 Mobile has 3931% better value for money than R7 240.

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	1920
Core clock speed	no data	945 MHz
Boost clock speed	780 MHz	1380 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	14.00	198.7
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 240 and Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	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, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data
VR Ready	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R7 240 2.34

RTX 3000 Mobile 26.20
+1020%

Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile outperforms Radeon R7 240 by 1020% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R7 240 903

RTX 3000 Mobile 10116
+1020%

Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile outperforms Radeon R7 240 by 1020% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R7 240 1220

RTX 3000 Mobile 14842
+1117%

Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile outperforms Radeon R7 240 by 1117% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD	8−9 −1113%	97 +1113%
4K	7−8 −1157%	88 +1157%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

40−45

−947%

450−500
+947%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	77 −1004%	850−900 +1004%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50 −1011%	500−550 +1011%
Battlefield 5	85−90 −1005%	950−1000 +1005%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −938%	550−600 +938%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −947%	450−500 +947%
Far Cry 5	60−65 −983%	650−700 +983%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 −1003%	750−800 +1003%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −1016%	1250−1300 +1016%
Hitman 3	50−55 −938%	550−600 +938%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −1006%	1150−1200 +1006%
Metro Exodus	80−85 −971%	900−950 +971%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 −987%	750−800 +987%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95 −999%	1000−1050 +999%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 −996%	800−850 +996%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62 −948%	650−700 +948%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50 −1011%	500−550 +1011%
Battlefield 5	85−90 −1005%	950−1000 +1005%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −938%	550−600 +938%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −947%	450−500 +947%
Far Cry 5	60−65 −983%	650−700 +983%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 −1003%	750−800 +1003%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −1016%	1250−1300 +1016%
Hitman 3	50−55 −938%	550−600 +938%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −1006%	1150−1200 +1006%
Metro Exodus	43 −947%	450−500 +947%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 −987%	750−800 +987%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95 −999%	1000−1050 +999%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	109 −1001%	1200−1250 +1001%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 −996%	800−850 +996%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	39 −926%	400−450 +926%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50 −1011%	500−550 +1011%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −938%	550−600 +938%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −947%	450−500 +947%
Far Cry 5	60−65 −983%	650−700 +983%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −1016%	1250−1300 +1016%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −1006%	1150−1200 +1006%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95 −999%	1000−1050 +999%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	56 −971%	600−650 +971%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 −996%	800−850 +996%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

65−70

−987%

750−800
+987%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	50−55 −1000%	550−600 +1000%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 −971%	600−650 +971%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −1011%	300−310 +1011%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −1015%	290−300 +1015%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −1011%	400−450 +1011%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −1018%	190−200 +1018%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −1011%	500−550 +1011%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −958%	550−600 +958%
Hitman 3	30−35 −868%	300−310 +868%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −1011%	600−650 +1011%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −1000%	550−600 +1000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −934%	600−650 +934%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −961%	350−400 +961%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −1000%	220−230 +1000%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45

−923%

450−500
+923%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −1015%	290−300 +1015%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −995%	230−240 +995%
Hitman 3	21−24 −995%	230−240 +995%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −900%	300−310 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −1005%	210−220 +1005%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −934%	300−310 +934%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −963%	170−180 +963%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −971%	150−160 +971%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −967%	160−170 +967%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −971%	75−80 +971%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −967%	160−170 +967%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −1011%	400−450 +1011%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −900%	300−310 +900%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −980%	270−280 +980%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −983%	130−140 +983%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

−987%

250−260
+987%

This is how R7 240 and RTX 3000 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3000 Mobile is 1113% faster in 1080p
RTX 3000 Mobile is 1157% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.34	26.20
Recency	8 October 2013	27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt