AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM

The AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM is built on the Oland chip with GCN 1.0 architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 28 nm process. The die covers 77 mm² and holds 950 million transistors, for a density of 12.3 million per square millimeter. It belongs to the Volcanic Islands (R7 200) generation, with Sea Islands as its predecessor and Pirate Islands as its successor. The card is a single-slot board rated at 50 W TDP, runs at 730 MHz base and 780 MHz boost, and pairs 320 shading units, 20 texture mapping units, and 8 ROPs with 2 GB of DDR3 on a 128-bit bus. Memory bandwidth is listed at 28.80 GB/s. The production status is end-of-life, with a launch date of 2013-10-31.

Benchmark Performance

The nearestRivals array in this profile is empty, so no named rivals or exact delta percentages are available for comparison. The aggregate standing comes from percentileVsAllGpus, which is 50; that places the card at the midpoint of the database distribution, above half of all GPUs on file. The benchmarks array is also empty, and the average benchmark score is recorded as 0. The profile therefore lacks measured per-game results, and the only quantitative performance evidence comes from the throughput fields.

FP32 compute is listed at 499.2 GFLOPS, generated by 320 shading units. Texture rate is 15.60 GTexel/s across 20 TMUs, while pixel rate is 6.240 GPixel/s across 8 ROPs. The boost clock of 780 MHz is above the base clock of 730 MHz, giving the core a defined headroom state. These fill rates and the compute figure are what define the card's position in the absence of benchmark entries.

A 50th-percentile rank is unusual in this data context because it is accompanied by an empty test set. The percentile says the card is median among all GPUs in the database, yet the score of 0 indicates no measured test result was recorded to substantiate that rank. The raw throughput, therefore, carries most of the analytical weight. The pixel and texture rates point to a part designed for moderate workloads rather than high-end rendering, and the 499.2 GFLOPS figure reinforces that interpretation.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The R7 240 OEM has no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores; both fields are null in the specification. This is a shader-pipeline design built on GCN 1.0, with 320 shading units, 20 texture units, and 8 ROPs as its functional blocks. The API support includes DirectX 12 at the 11_1 feature level, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170.

The absence of RT and tensor hardware means the card has no dedicated acceleration blocks for those specific workloads. What the data shows instead is a broad API surface: DirectX 12 (11_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170 are all present in the profile. For a part launched on 2013-10-31, the listed Vulkan 1.2.170 version is a notable entry, though the DirectX 12 implementation is capped at feature level 11_1. The combination of null RT/tensor fields and a 499.2 GFLOPS shader array suggests that any advanced rendering would rely on the standard programmable pipeline, not dedicated hardware.

Memory Subsystem

The memory configuration is 2 GB of DDR3 on a 128-bit bus. Memory clock is 900 MHz with an effective data rate of 1800 Mbps, and the bandwidth is listed at 28.80 GB/s. For higher resolutions, the 2 GB capacity is the first constraint: textures, framebuffers, and geometry data must all fit within that pool. The second constraint is bandwidth. A 128-bit bus with DDR3 yields 28.80 GB/s, which is the ceiling for data flowing to and from the 8 ROPs and 20 TMUs.

The pixel rate of 6.240 GPixel/s compounds the memory limitation. Higher resolution frames require more pixel work and more memory traffic, and both the fill rate and the bandwidth figure sit at levels consistent with a modest part. The effective 1800 Mbps transfer rate and the 900 MHz memory clock are both recorded in the profile, and the 28.80 GB/s bandwidth directly ties the memory clock to the 128-bit bus. For this card, the memory subsystem appears to be the clearest boundary on resolution and settings.

Who Should Consider It

The data points to a card for lower resolutions and conservative settings. With 2 GB of DDR3, 28.80 GB/s of bandwidth, and 499.2 GFLOPS, the R7 240 OEM is not positioned for high-resolution, high-detail work. The 50th percentile rank means it matches the median GPU in the database, so tasks that are reasonable for a median card set the target zone. The empty benchmarks array leaves no frame-rate evidence to justify broader claims.

The display outputs — 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, and 1x VGA — make it functional as a display-output solution, particularly for monitors that rely on VGA or DVI connections. The 50 W TDP and the absence of power connectors lower the integration burden. End-of-life status and the 2013-10-31 launch date place it in the Volcanic Islands (R7 200) generation, yet the API list still includes OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.2.170. Users considering this card should weigh the median percentile, the 2 GB memory pool, and the lack of measured benchmark scores.

Power and Cooling

The TDP is 50 W, and the suggested power supply is 250 W. The card has no power connectors, meaning the only listed interfaces are the PCIe 3.0 x8 bus connection and the display outputs. The slot design is single-slot, which keeps the physical footprint compact. The 50 W TDP and single-slot form factor describe a modest thermal package, and the 250 W suggested PSU provides the system-level recommendation. No auxiliary power connector entry appears in the data, simplifying the installation picture.

FAQ

Q: What is the TDP of the AMD Radeon R7 240 OEM?

A: The TDP is listed at 50 W, with a suggested PSU of 250 W.

Q: Does this card require a power connector?

A: No. The specification lists no power connectors.

Q: How much VRAM does it have, and what is the memory bus width?

A: It has 2 GB of DDR3 on a 128-bit bus, with a memory clock of 900 MHz, an effective rate of 1800 Mbps, and 28.80 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: Which APIs does the R7 240 OEM support?

A: The profile lists DirectX 12 at the 11_1 feature level, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170.

Q: Does this GPU have ray tracing cores or tensor cores?

A: No. Both fields are null in the profile, so no dedicated RT or tensor hardware is present.

Q: What display outputs are available?

A: The card has 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, and 1x VGA.

How It Compares

The nearestRivals array is empty in the FACT PACK, so per-rival paragraphs cannot be written from this data set. The only comparative anchors available are the aggregate percentile, the generation lineage, and the card's own specifications. The percentile of 50 places it exactly in the middle of the database's GPU distribution. The generation timeline runs from Sea Islands, through Volcanic Islands (R7 200), to Pirate Islands, positioning this card after Sea Islands and before Pirate Islands. Its specification profile — 2 GB DDR3 on a 128-bit bus, 320 shading units, 499.2 GFLOPS, and a 50 W TDP — is the full description of its place within that timeline. Without named rivals, the strongest observation is that the card holds a median rank while carrying an average benchmark score of 0 and an empty benchmark array. The percentile, the throughput figures, and the memory and power values therefore constitute the only comparison data recorded for this product.