ATI Radeon HD 5570 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5570 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5570

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 4.2x more pipelines: 400 vs 96
  • 2x better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
  • Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 69 Watt
  • 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 195 vs 48
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 1385
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 1385
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 October 2011 vs 17 November 2009
Pipelines 400 vs 96
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 195 vs 48
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 1385

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
  • Around 70% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 504 vs 477
  • 6.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9236 vs 1378
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1979 vs 1883
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1979 vs 1883
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1340 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 504 vs 477
Geekbench - OpenCL 9236 vs 1378
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1979 vs 1883
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1979 vs 1883

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5570
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
477
504
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
195
48
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1378
9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1883
1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1883
1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
1385
Name ATI Radeon HD 5570 NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
PassMark - G3D Mark 477 504
PassMark - G2D Mark 195 48
Geekbench - OpenCL 1378 9236
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 235.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.454
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 49.016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1883 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1883 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 1385

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5570 NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla 2.0
Code name Turks GT215
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 11 October 2011 17 November 2009
Place in performance rating 1387 1390
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Price now $37.99
Value for money (0-100) 22.27

Technical info

Boost clock speed 650 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 1340 MHz
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 400 96
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt 69 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 727 million
CUDA cores 96
Maximum GPU temperature 105C C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
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 165 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 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
3D Vision
CUDA