Graphics card comparison
Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) vs Radeon R7 340 OEM
AMD
Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
2048 Mb DDR3
Released 1 Nov 2013
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 340 OEM
2048 Mb DDR3
Released 5 May 2015
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 340 OEM
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) | Radeon R7 340 OEM |
|---|
| GPU Name | Oland () | Oland () |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 90 mm² | 90 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,040 million | 1,040 million |
| Shaders | 320 | 384 |
| Compute Units | 5 | 6 |
| Core clock | 730 MHz | 730 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 20 | 24 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) | Radeon R7 340 OEM |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) | Radeon R7 340 OEM |
|---|
| TDP | 50 watts | 50 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Nov 2013 | 5 May 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)5.84 GP/s
- Radeon R7 340 OEM5.84 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)14.60 GT/s
- Radeon R7 340 OEM17.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)28.80 GB/s
- Radeon R7 340 OEM28.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)467.20 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 340 OEM560.60 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better