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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 | ATI Radeon HD 3870 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
Display Connectors | DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |
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