ATI Radeon HD 3690 vs R7 240

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking848not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.16no data
Power efficiency5.36no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameOlandRV670
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)30 March 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$69 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores320320
Core clock speedno data670 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million666 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate14.0010.72
Floating-point processing power0.448 TFLOPS0.4288 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs2016

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 2.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsN/A1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz830 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s26.56 GB/s

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 VGA2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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 compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1210.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 October 2013 30 March 2008
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt

R7 240 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

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