NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 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
6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
6.8x better floating-point performance: 257.28 gflops vs 38.08 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 800 MHz
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 501 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 November 2009 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	1340 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 16
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops vs 38.08 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	501 vs 92

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 69 Watt
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 100 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	100 vs 46

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

501

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

100

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	501	92
PassMark - G2D Mark	46	100
Geekbench - OpenCL	9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1385

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G84
Launch date	17 November 2009	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$80
Place in performance rating	1394	1376
Price now	$37.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	22.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	1340 MHz	540 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops	38.08 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105C C
Pipelines	96	16
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	289 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 1.0 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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA