AMD Radeon HD 6570 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6570 OEM 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6570 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6570 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
5x more pipelines: 480 vs 96
2.4x better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 69 Watt
2.6x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz

Launch date	1 May 2013 vs 17 November 2009
Pipelines	480 vs 96
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 69 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	1340 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6570 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6570 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
PassMark - G3D Mark		501
PassMark - G2D Mark		46
Geekbench - OpenCL		9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1385

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6570 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Cape Verde	GT215
Launch date	1 May 2013	17 November 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1394
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$80
Price now		$37.99
Value for money (0-100)		22.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	1340 MHz
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	480	96
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	727 million
CUDA cores		96
Maximum GPU temperature		105C C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	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 3.0 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	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA