NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
2.9x better floating-point performance: 257.28 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB or 1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 501 vs 172
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 46 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 November 2009 vs 29 July 2008
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	96 vs 32
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB or 1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	501 vs 172
PassMark - G2D Mark	46 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 69 Watt
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 1385
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 1385

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505 vs 1385

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

501

172

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1385

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1385

1505

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	501	172
PassMark - G2D Mark	46	32
Geekbench - OpenCL	9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1385	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1385	1505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		56.838

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G96C
Launch date	17 November 2009	29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$80	$85.99
Place in performance rating	1394	1666
Price now	$37.99	$85.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	22.27	4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	1340 MHz	1400 MHz
CUDA cores	96	32
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105C C	105 °C
Pipelines	96	32
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)	6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB or 1 GB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI