NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 and NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 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 GeForce2 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
9.4x more core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 143 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 180 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 512 MB or 1 GB vs 64 MB
5.1x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 332 MHz
126.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 507 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 November 2009 vs 11 November 2000
Core clock speed	1340 MHz vs 143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB or 1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	507 vs 4

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

32.5x more texture fill rate: 572 MTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
34.5x lower typical power consumption: 2 Watt vs 69 Watt
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 95 vs 50

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	572 MTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	2 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	95 vs 50

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

507

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark	507	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	50	95
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 GeForce2 Go
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Celsius
Code name	GT215	NV11 B2
Launch date	17 November 2009	11 November 2000
Launch price (MSRP)	$80
Place in performance rating	1390	1393
Price now	$37.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	22.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	1340 MHz	143 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105C C
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	572 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt	2 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
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	AGP 4x
Length	6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	7.0
OpenGL	3.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB or 1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB / s	5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA