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£178.04
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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms the cheaper Radeon R7 240 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon R7 240 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 3025 days newer than the cheaper Radeon R7 240.
Advantages of Radeon R7 240
- Up to 80% cheaper than Radeon RX 6500 XT - £35.95 vs £178.04
- Up to 66% better value when playing Battlefield 2042 than Radeon RX 6500 XT - £0.80 vs £2.37 per FPS
- Consumes up to 72% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 30 vs 107 Watts
Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Performs up to 67% better in Battlefield 2042 than Radeon R7 240 - 75 vs 45 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R7 240 - 4 vs 2 GB
Battlefield 2042
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Powercolor Radeon R7 240 (2GB GDDR5/PCI Express 3.0/780MHz/1150MHz)
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Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
75
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.37/FPS
34%
Price, £
£178.04
20%
FPS Winner
Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost
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Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon R7 240
Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon R7 240 | vs | Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8th, 2013 | Release Date | Jan 19th, 2022 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$69 | MSRP | $199 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
| 73.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s |
| 650 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
| 700 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2815 MHz |
| 1150 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2248 MHz |
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