Radeon R7 240 vs Radeon VII

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon VII, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1400 MHz. The HBM2 memory runs at a speed of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 3840 SPUs as well as 240 TAUs and 64 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 VII		27400 points
Radeon R7 240		1218 points
	Difference: 26182 (2150%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
Radeon VII		295 Watts
	Difference: 265 Watts (883%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon VII should theoretically be much better than the Radeon R7 240 overall. (explain)

Radeon VII		1048576 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 1019776 (3541%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon VII should be much (approximately 2201%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

Radeon VII		336000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 321400 (2201%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon VII is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon VII		89600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 83760 (1434%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.