NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM Rev. 2 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM Rev. 2

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	24 August 2009 vs 1 July 2009
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 589 MHz
8x more texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
7x more pipelines: 112 vs 16
8.1x better floating-point performance: 362.9 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 16
Floating-point performance	362.9 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark		134
PassMark - G3D Mark		556
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G92B
Launch date	24 August 2009	1 July 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1157
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops	362.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	16	112
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s	37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3