AMD Radeon R7 M265DX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M265DX and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 675 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 138 vs 134

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2014 vs 1 July 2009
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	138 vs 134

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 556 vs 499

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	556 vs 499

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M265DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

138

134

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

499

556

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M265DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	15678
PassMark - G2D Mark	138	134
PassMark - G3D Mark	499	556
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M265DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Jet	G92B
Launch date	7 January 2014	1 July 2009
Place in performance rating	1157	1159
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Transistor count	1,040 million	754 million
Floating-point performance		362.9 gflops
Pipelines		112
Texture fill rate		37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		120 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		2200 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3