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).

 

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
  • 126.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 506 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 506 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 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 95 vs 49
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 49

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
506
4
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
49
95
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark 506 4
PassMark - G2D Mark 49 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