AMD Radeon R7 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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 R7 240

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.9x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 532 MHz
7.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 903 vs 123
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 122

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 30 September 2005
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	903 vs 123
PassMark - G2D Mark	272 vs 122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

903

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

272

122

Name	AMD Radeon R7 240	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	903	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	272	122
Geekbench - OpenCL	5095
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	290.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	60.326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 240	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Oland	NV48
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	30 September 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$69
Place in performance rating	1253	1251
Price now	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	24.92
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	320
Stream Processors	320
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	222 million
Core clock speed		300 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync