NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 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) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 512 MB or 1 GB vs 384 MB
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 510 vs 327
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 November 2009 vs 28 April 2008
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size 512 MB or 1 GB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 510 vs 327

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 1340 MHz
  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 26.4 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 3% better floating-point performance: 264 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
  • Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 102 vs 52
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2160 vs 1385
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2160 vs 1385
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1375 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Texture fill rate 26.4 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 264 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 102 vs 52
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2160 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2160 vs 1385

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
510
327
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
52
102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1385
2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1385
2160
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
PassMark - G3D Mark 510 327
PassMark - G2D Mark 52 102
Geekbench - OpenCL 9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1385 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1385 2160

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT215 G92
Launch date 17 November 2009 28 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $80 $49.99
Place in performance rating 1386 1388
Price now $37.99 $49.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 22.27 13.43

Technical info

Core clock speed 1340 MHz 1375 MHz
CUDA cores 96 96
Floating-point performance 257.28 gflops 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105C C 105 °C
Pipelines 96 96
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s 26.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 727 million 754 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 DVIHDTV
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0 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) 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.2 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB or 1 GB 384 MB
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA