AMD Radeon R7 240

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AMD Radeon R7 240
GCN 1.0 (Oland Pro)
Architecture
Entry-level
Product Tier
320
Shader Cores
8
ROPs
20
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
2 GB
Memory
DDR3
Memory Type
28.8 GB/s
Bandwidth
30 W
TDP
GPU Snapshot
Release date:Oct 8, 2013Price at Launch:$69
Type:DesktopArchitecture:GCN 1.0 (Oland Pro)
Generation:Radeon R7 200 seriesProduct Tier:Entry-level
VRAM Capacity:2 GBTotal Board Power:30 W
Core Configuration
Shader Cores:320TMUs:20
ROPs:8L2 Cache:256 KB
Memory
VRAM Capacity:2 GBMemory Type:DDR3
Memory Speed:1.8 GbpsMemory Bus:128-bit
Bandwidth:28.8 TB/s
Graphics Processing
Base Clock:0.73 GHzBoost Clock:0.78 GHz
FP32 Throughput:0.50 TFLOPsRay Tracing:No
Process Size:28nmProcess Name:TSMC 28nm
Die Size:77 mm²
Power & Connectivity
Total Board Power:30 WPower Connectors:None
Bus Interface:PCIe 3.0 x8HDMI Support:HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort Support:DP 1.2DSC:No
Max Displays:2
Media & Software Support
DirectX Support:12Shader Model:6.5
Vulkan Version:1.2OpenGL Version:4.6

Reviews and Ratings

80

Average Score

Based on 7 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Four year warranty
  • Fast large file write speeds
  • Includes a desktop drive bracket and Acronis cloning software
  • Good performance
  • Fast single threaded writes
  • 7 mm thin-Ultrabook compatible

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • Crucial's M550 costs a little less and generally performs better in our benchmarks
  • No 1TB model
  • Other drives are faster and cheaper
  • Basically an OCZ rebrand
90

With the Radeon R7 SSD series AMD is launching their first solid state drive and at the same time OCZ has now a rather interesting customer at hand to grow their foundry business. Based on OCZs proven Barefoot 3 M00 controller and combined with Toshiba...

By Ocaholic on
70

AMD's first entry into the SSD market uses OCZ/Toshiba components and lands in a unique spot between mainstream and enthusiast drives, thanks in part to a four-year warranty. It's a solid option for gamers, but without a price drop, it's not the best...

By Computer Shopper on
80

AMD certainly needs no introduction as they are one of the most important companies for enthusiasts and gamers, supplying the toys they love. With their 30 year anniversary taking place this week, AMD's footprint in the CPU and graphics market has been...

By techPowerUp! on
80

Our estimated price tag of £117 makes the Radeon R7 SSD relatively expensive for a 240GB drive, but even so it's not way off the mark for what it offers. However, as we nearly always say, mainstream users will be best served by the Crucial MX100 or...

By Bit-tech.net on
82

For gamers looking to replace their old graphics cards, the R7 240 is a good place to start. I feel bad stating it as the weakest of the R7 series, since it's able to deliver so much for such a small card. This is one that will get overlooked from the...

By nerdreactor.com on

We previously published a performance review of Grand Theft Auto V , in which we tested the game using 23 graphics cards, ranging from an entry-level Radeon R7 240 to an ultra high-end GeForce GTX Titan X. We ran the tests on our standard test system...

By uk.hardware.info on

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Intro Evolve is a so-called asymmetrical FPS multiplayer game: on one side you have four human characters, controlled by four separate players (or a player supported by computercontrolled bots), on the other side a monster, also controlled by a player....

By uk.hardware.info on

With the Radeon R7, AMD has made its long awaited entrance into the consumer solid state drive market. The result of a partnership between AMD and OCZ, this good looking, ultra-slim drive combines the Indilinx-infused Barefoot 3 M00 controller with...

By CDRLabs on

Looking at the capacity of the AMD Radeon R7 Series 240GB drive, we saw 256GB (1GB byte = 1,000,000,000 bytes) on board in Windows reports the capacity accessible to the end user as 223GiB (1Gib = 1,073,741,824 bytes) which is right inline with most...

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