ATI FirePro V4800 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V4800 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, 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).

ATI FirePro V4800

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V4800

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
4.2x more pipelines: 400 vs 96
2.4x better floating-point performance: 620.0 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
2.1x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1204 vs 501
9.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 46
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2211 vs 1979
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3326 vs 1385
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2211 vs 1979
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3326 vs 1385

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 April 2010 vs 17 November 2009
Pipelines	400 vs 96
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1204 vs 501
PassMark - G2D Mark	456 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2211 vs 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3326 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2211 vs 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3326 vs 1385

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Around 73% higher core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
5.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9236 vs 1671

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1340 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	9236 vs 1671

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V4800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1204

501

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

456

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1671

9236

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2211

1979

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3326

1385

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2211

1979

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3326

1385

Name	ATI FirePro V4800	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
PassMark - G3D Mark	1204	501
PassMark - G2D Mark	456	46
Geekbench - OpenCL	1671	9236
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	321.782
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	14.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	56.777
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1512
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2211	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3326	1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1512
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2211	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3326	1385

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V4800	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Redwood	GT215
Launch date	26 April 2010	17 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$189	$80
Place in performance rating	1104	1394
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$37.99
Value for money (0-100)		22.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	1340 MHz
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	400	96
Texture fill rate	15.5 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	727 million
CUDA cores		96
Maximum GPU temperature		105C C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x 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 2.0 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	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA