AMD Radeon HD 8240 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8240 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8240

• Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• 3.3x more core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 120 MHz
• 4x more pipelines: 128 vs 32
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
• 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 63 vs 27
• Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 246 vs 150

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

• Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1140 vs 988
• Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1140 vs 988
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1679 vs 1627
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1679 vs 1627

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	63 27
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	246 150
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	988 1140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	988 1140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1627 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1627 1679

Compare specifications (specs)