Radeon R7 M340 vs RX 480

Place in performance ranking	230	890
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.41	no data
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Polaris 10 Ellesmere	Meso Pro DDR3
GCN generation	4th Gen	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	29 June 2016 (7 years ago)	16 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data
Current price	$174 (0.8x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	2304	320
Compute units	36	6
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	1021 MHz
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz	1021 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	182.3	17.16
Floating-point performance	5,834 gflops	549.1 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 480 and Radeon R7 M340 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.

Bus support	n/a	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Bridgeless CrossFire	1	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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	16 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	1
HDMI	2.0	no data
DisplayPort support	1.4HDR	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	n/a	-
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	n/a	-
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	+	1
HD3D	n/a	+
LiquidVR	1	no data
PowerTune	+	+
DualGraphics	no data	1
TressFX	1	no data
TrueAudio	n/a	-
ZeroCore	+	+
Switchable graphics	no data	1
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	2.0	Not Listed
Vulkan	+	+
Mantle	n/a	+

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.

RX 480 22.33
+1206%

R7 M340 1.71

RX 480 outperforms R7 M340 by 1206% 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%

RX 480 8623
+1208%

R7 M340 659

RX 480 outperforms R7 M340 by 1208% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 480 17919
+734%

R7 M340 2148

RX 480 outperforms R7 M340 by 734% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 480 39552
+629%

R7 M340 5427

RX 480 outperforms R7 M340 by 629% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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%

RX 480 12186
+908%

R7 M340 1209

RX 480 outperforms R7 M340 by 908% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 480 72213
+1074%

R7 M340 6153

RX 480 outperforms R7 M340 by 1074% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RX 480 383333
+455%

R7 M340 69098

RX 480 outperforms R7 M340 by 455% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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	82 +486%	14 −486%
1440p	57 +1325%	4−5 −1325%
4K	36 +1700%	2−3 −1700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	58	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +1800%	2−3 −1800%
Battlefield 5	70−75	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	50−55	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60	no data
Forza Horizon 4	100	no data
Hitman 3	45−50	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90	no data
Metro Exodus	93 +1229%	7−8 −1229%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	49	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +1800%	2−3 −1800%
Battlefield 5	48	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	50−55	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	31	no data
Forza Horizon 4	95−100	no data
Hitman 3	45−50	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90	no data
Metro Exodus	39 +1850%	2−3 −1850%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	78	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +1800%	2−3 −1800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	45	no data
Forza Horizon 4	77	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

60−65

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	50	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	35−40	no data
Forza Horizon 4	40−45	no data
Hitman 3	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50	no data
Metro Exodus	50 +1567%	3−4 −1567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +1467%	3−4 −1467%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	31 +1450%	2−3 −1450%
Far Cry New Dawn	21	no data
Hitman 3	16−18 +1600%	1−2 −1600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27 +1250%	2−3 −1250%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	17	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	0−1
Far Cry 5	15	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +1450%	2−3 −1450%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27	no data
Metro Exodus	26	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	0−1