NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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 GTS 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Launch date	17 November 2009 vs 4 March 2009
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 1340 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 128 vs 96
Around 50% better floating-point performance: 387.1 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 591 vs 501
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 54 vs 46
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3108 vs 1979
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3108 vs 1979
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 1385
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 1385

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 96
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	591 vs 501
PassMark - G2D Mark	54 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3108 vs 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3108 vs 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 1385

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

501

591

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1979

3108

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1979

3108

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1385

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1385

3351

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark	501	591
PassMark - G2D Mark	46	54
Geekbench - OpenCL	9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1979	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1979	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1385	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1385	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G92B
Launch date	17 November 2009	4 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$80	$199
Place in performance rating	1394	1021
Price now	$37.99	$114.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	22.27	9.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	1340 MHz	1836 MHz
CUDA cores	96	128
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105C C	105 °C
Pipelines	96	128
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt	150 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, Two Dual 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" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.2	3.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB or 1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI