NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M LE vs NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M LE and NVIDIA GeForce 305M 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M LE

NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M LE

2.3x more texture fill rate: 9.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
2.6x better floating-point performance: 96 gflops vs 36.8 gflops

Texture fill rate	9.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	96 gflops vs 36.8 gflops

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Around 92% higher core clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 23 Watt

Core clock speed	1150 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 23 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M LE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M LE	NVIDIA GeForce 305M
PassMark - G3D Mark		151
PassMark - G2D Mark		149
Geekbench - OpenCL		1987

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M LE	NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G96	GT218
Launch date	15 January 2010	10 January 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	1327
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1150 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	36.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	32	16
Texture fill rate	9.6 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	260 million
CUDA cores		16
Gigaflops		55
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0