Radeon R7 240 vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which features GPU core speed of 970 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1425 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1792 Stream Processors, 112 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 380 2G		8850 points
Radeon R7 240		1218 points
	Difference: 7632 (627%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
	Difference: 160 Watts (533%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 380 2G should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 240 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 153600 (533%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G will be quite a bit (more or less 644%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 94040 (644%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G will be quite a bit (about 432%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 240, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25200 (432%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.