NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM 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 GT 130 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
2.1x better floating-point performance: 257.28 gflops vs 120 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 70% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 501 vs 381

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 November 2009 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	1340 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 48
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops vs 120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 75 Watt
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 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	501 vs 381

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 109 vs 46
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1962 vs 1385
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1962 vs 1385

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	109 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1962 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1962 vs 1385

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

501

381

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1385

1962

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1385

1962

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	501	381
PassMark - G2D Mark	46	109
Geekbench - OpenCL	9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1385	1962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1385	1962

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G94B
Launch date	17 November 2009	10 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$80
Place in performance rating	1394	1395
Price now	$37.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	22.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	1340 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105C C
Pipelines	96	48
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	505 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)	229 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	24 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA