ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 260 vs 134

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2009 vs 1 July 2009
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	260 vs 134

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 498 MHz
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 556 vs 91
6.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 511
6.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 511

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 498 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	556 vs 91
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 511
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 511

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

260

134

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

511

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

511

3353

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	91	556
PassMark - G2D Mark	260	134
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	511	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	511	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RS880	G92B
Launch date	10 September 2009	1 July 2009
Place in performance rating	1157	1158
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	498 MHz	675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Transistor count	181 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	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	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