NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 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
  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 540 MHz
  • 4.1x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
  • 12x more pipelines: 96 vs 8
  • 12.4x better floating-point performance: 257.28 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB or 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • Around 70% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 504 vs 81
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1385 vs 733
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1385 vs 733
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 November 2009 vs 4 December 2007
Core clock speed 1340 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 8
Floating-point performance 257.28 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB or 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 504 vs 81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1385 vs 733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1385 vs 733

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400

  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 69 Watt
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 48
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 160 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
504
81
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
48
160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1385
733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1385
733
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 NVIDIA GeForce 8400
PassMark - G3D Mark 504 81
PassMark - G2D Mark 48 160
Geekbench - OpenCL 9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1385 733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1385 733

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT215 G98
Launch date 17 November 2009 4 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $80 $69.78
Place in performance rating 1390 1391
Price now $37.99 $69.78
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 22.27 1.87

Technical info

Core clock speed 1340 MHz 540 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 257.28 gflops 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105C C
Pipelines 96 8
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s 4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 727 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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)
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.2 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB or 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB / s 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA