NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 vs ATI Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 and ATI Radeon HD 3870 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 72% higher core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 777 MHz
  • Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 106 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Launch date 17 November 2009 vs 19 November 2007
Core clock speed 1340 MHz vs 777 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt vs 106 Watt
Maximum memory size 512 MB or 1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870

  • 3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
  • Around 93% better floating-point performance: 497.3 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
  • Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 2252 MHz vs 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 555 vs 506
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 49
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3131 vs 1385
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3131 vs 1385
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 320 vs 96
Floating-point performance 497.3 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Memory clock speed 2252 MHz vs 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 555 vs 506
PassMark - G2D Mark 58 vs 49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3131 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3131 vs 1385

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
506
555
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
49
58
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1385
3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1385
3131
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 ATI Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark 506 555
PassMark - G2D Mark 49 58
Geekbench - OpenCL 9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1385 3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1385 3131

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 ATI Radeon HD 3870

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GT215 RV670
Launch date 17 November 2009 19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $80 $269
Place in performance rating 1390 1392
Price now $37.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 22.27

Technical info

Core clock speed 1340 MHz 777 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 257.28 gflops 497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105C C
Pipelines 96 320
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s 12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt 106 Watt
Transistor count 727 million 666 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm) 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.2 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB or 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB / s 72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz 2252 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR4

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA