AMD Radeon HD 6230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon HD 6230

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 69 Watt
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2011 vs 17 November 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 46

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

2.1x more core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 650 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 96 vs 80
2.5x better floating-point performance: 257.28 gflops vs 104 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 70% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 501 vs 179
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1979 vs 744
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1979 vs 744
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1385 vs 1293
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1385 vs 1293

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1340 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 80
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops vs 104 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	501 vs 179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1979 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1979 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1385 vs 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1385 vs 1293

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

179

501

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

744

1979

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

744

1979

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

1385

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

1385

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6230	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
PassMark - G3D Mark	179	501
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	46
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	252
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	744	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	744	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1293	1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1293	1385
Geekbench - OpenCL		9236

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6230	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Park	GT215
Launch date	2 July 2011	17 November 2009
Place in performance rating	1391	1394
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$80
Price now		$37.99
Value for money (0-100)		22.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1340 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	96
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	727 million
CUDA cores		96
Maximum GPU temperature		105C C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA