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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

ATI Radeon HD 3870

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 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 555 vs 510
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 52
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 510
PassMark - G2D Mark	58 vs 52
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

510

555

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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	510	555
PassMark - G2D Mark	52	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	1386	1389
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