AMD Radeon HD 8570D vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8570D and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 8570D

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8570D

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.7x more pipelines: 256 vs 96
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 46
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2966 vs 1385
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2966 vs 1385

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 September 2012 vs 17 November 2009
Pipelines	256 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	160 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2966 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2966 vs 1385

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Around 59% higher core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 844 MHz
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 501 vs 438
6.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9236 vs 1495
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1979 vs 1924
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1979 vs 1924

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1340 MHz vs 844 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	501 vs 438
Geekbench - OpenCL	9236 vs 1495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1979 vs 1924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1979 vs 1924

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8570D
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

438

501

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1495

9236

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1924

1979

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2966

1385

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1924

1979

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2966

1385

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8570D	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
PassMark - G3D Mark	438	501
PassMark - G2D Mark	160	46
Geekbench - OpenCL	1495	9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1924	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2966	1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1924	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2966	1385
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8570D	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Richland	GT215
Launch date	26 September 2012	17 November 2009
Place in performance rating	1337	1394
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$80
Price now		$37.99
Value for money (0-100)		22.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	844 MHz	1340 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	256	96
CUDA cores		96
Floating-point performance		257.28 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105C C
Texture fill rate		17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		69 Watt
Transistor count		727 million
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL		3.2
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth		54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Display Connectors		DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA