AMD RADEON™R7 240 AND R7 250 GRAPHICS CARDS

AMD RADEON™ R7 240 AND R7 250 GRAPHICS CARDS
Push your performance!
Introducing the AMD Radeon™ R7 240 and R7 250 graphics cards:
{{ Providing higher performance than competing products1,2
{{ Featuring award-winning GCN architecture3
{{ Including the latest technologies: Mantle,4 App Acceleration,5 PCI Express 3.0,6 PowerTune7 and AMD ZeroCore Power technology.7
Don’t take our word for it, see it for yourself!
In BioShock™, AMD Radeon™ R7 250 is up to 32% faster than Nvidia GT 7401
23 FPS1
AMD Radeon™ R7 250
30 FPS
NVIDIA GT 740
30 FPS1
0
10
20
30
40
Average frames per second
GCN ARCHITECTURE
3
The world’s most advanced graphics
architecture. Submit to the unbridled
power of the revolutionary AMD
Radeon™ R9 and R7 series graphics
cards, armed with the groundbreaking GCN architecture. Crank the
settings, devastate your enemies
and bear witness to absurdly high
frame rates — DirectX® 11.2 has never
looked this good.
MANTLE API
MANTLE, POWERED BY AMD4
AMD APP ACCELERATION5
There’s optimization, and then there’s
Mantle. Games enabled with Mantle
speak the language of Graphics Core Next
to unlock revolutionary performance
and image quality. It’s a game-changing
innovation developed by AMD Radeon™
and AMD FirePro™ graphics.
AMD Radeon™ R9 and R7 series graphics
cards with AMD App Acceleration allow
you to run multiple applications without
having to sacrifice speed and reliability.
AMD ZEROCORE POWER TECHNOLOGY7
AMD POWERTUNE TECHNOLOGY7
AMD ZeroCore Power technology delivers
unmatched power savings in systems with
single or multi-GPU configurations.
Enables intelligent power monitoring to
support higher clock speeds and better
performance in your favorite games.
www.amd.com/game
AMD RADEON™ R7 240 AND R7 250 GRAPHICS CARDS
Push your performance!
How we stack up:
How we compare to the competition:
AMD Radeon™ R7 240
AMD Radeon™ R7 240
NVIDIA GT 7308
AMD Radeon™ Advantage
PERFORMANCE - 3DMark® FireStrike
1519
823
1.45x faster9
MEMORY BIT-INTERFACE
128-bit
128-bit
Same
ARCHITECTURE
Graphics Core Next
Other
Advanced architecture
R9 295X2
SUPPORT FOR DIRECTX® 11.2
Yes
No
Ready for Windows® 8.1 and DirectX® 11.2 games
R9 290X
SUPPORT FOR MANTLE4
Yes
No
Higher performance in new games (i.e., Battlefield 4)
R9 290
APP ACCELERATION SUPPORT
Yes (OpenCL™, open standards)
CUDA (Proprietary)
Higher performance in everyday applications
R9 280X
R9 280
R9 270X
AMD Radeon™ R7 250
AMD Radeon™ Advantage
R9 270
1,599
1.32x faster1
R7 260X
128-bit
128-bit
Same
R7 260
ARCHITECTURE
Graphics Core Next
Other
Advanced architecture
R7 250X
SUPPORT FOR DIRECTX® 11.2
Yes
No
Ready for Windows® 8.1 and DirectX® 11.2 games
R7 250
SUPPORT FOR MANTLE4
Yes
No
Higher performance in new games (i.e., Battlefield 4)
R7 240
APP ACCELERATION SUPPORT
Yes (OpenCL™, open standards)
CUDA (Proprietary)
Higher performance in everyday applications
R5 230
AMD Radeon™ R7 250
NVIDIA GT 740
PERFORMANCE - 3DMark® FireStrike
2,116
MEMORY BIT-INTERFACE
8
R7 265
To see our gaming advantage, please visit: www.amd.com/game | www.amd.com/radeon
Additional hardware (e.g. Blu-ray drive, HD or 10-bit monitor, USB 3.0 ports, TV tuner, wirelessly enabled HDTV) and/or software (e.g. multimedia applications) are required for the full enablement of some features. HD Video display requires an HD video source. Not all features may be supported on all components or systems —
check with your component or system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies.
1.
Based on AMD internal testing in the 3DMark® FireStrike benchmark (performance preset), the AMD Radeon™ R7 250 had an overall score of 2116, while Nvidia GT 740 had an overall score of 1599. Using the following system configuration: Intel i7-4770K, Gigabyte Z87X-D3H, 8GB memory at 1600 MHz, Windows 8 64-bit, 2 TB HDD, the AMD Catalyst 13.12
driver and the Forceware 337.88 Nvidia driver. GRDT-39
2. Based on AMD internal testing using the following system configuration: Intel i7-4770K, 8GB memory, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit, 2 TB HDD, the AMD Catalyst 14.6 driver and the Forceware 340.43 Nvidia driver; BioShock: Infinite at 1920 x 1080, 0xAF, medium preset. Graphic cards tested: AMD Radeon™ R7 240 and Nvidia GT 730. GRDT-40
3. GCN Architecture and its associated features (PCI Express® 3.0, AMD ZeroCore Power technology, AMD PowerTune technology etc.) are included in the AMD Radeon™ R7 250/240 graphics cards. Not all technologies are supported in all system configurations—check with your system manufacturer for specific model capabilities.
4. Application support for Mantle is required. Updates to Battlefield 4 enabling Mantle to be released at a later date. Please visit www.facebook.com/amdgaming for updates.
5. AMD App Acceleration is a set of technologies designed to improve video quality and enhance application performance. Full enablement of some features requires support for OpenCL™, DirectCompute or DirectX® Video Acceleration (DXVA). Not all products have all features and full enablement of some capabilities and may require complementary products.
6. Utilization of PCI Express 3.0 bandwidth requires a mainboard equipped with a PCI Express 3.0 PHY. Not all mainboards feature this technology – check with your component or system manufacturer for specific model capabilities.
7. AMD PowerTune and AMD ZeroCore Power are technologies offered by certain AMD Radeon™ products, which are designed to intelligently manage GPU power consumption in response to certain GPU load conditions. Not all products feature all technologies – check with your component or system manufacturer for specific model capabilities.
8. Source: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-730/specifications and http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-740/specifications
9. System Configuration: Intel i7-4770K, 8GB memory, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit, 2 TB HDD, the AMD Catalyst 14.6 driver and the Forceware 340.43 Nvidia driver
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