ATI Radeon X1950 GT vs R7 340 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1398
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.33
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameOlandRV570
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 May 2015 (10 years ago)29 January 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$140

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

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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 cores384no data
Core clock speed730 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million330 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt57 Watt
Texture fill rate18.726.000
Floating-point processing power0.599 TFLOPSno data
ROPs812
TMUs2412

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 1.0 x16
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz600 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s38.4 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 May 2015 29 January 2007
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 57 Watt

R7 340 OEM has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 14% lower power consumption.

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