NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 vs NVIDIA ION LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 and NVIDIA ION LE 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 ION LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 501 vs 98

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 November 2009 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed	1340 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	501 vs 98

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION LE

3.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 69 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 96 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	96 vs 46

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA ION LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

501

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	NVIDIA ION LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	501	98
PassMark - G2D Mark	46	96
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 ION LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	ION
Launch date	17 November 2009	3 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$80
Place in performance rating	1394	1397
Price now	$37.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	22.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	1340 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105C C
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	282 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	PCI
Length	6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA