NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M vs ATI Radeon X1650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M and ATI Radeon X1650 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

ATI Radeon X1650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1210 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1860 vs 1615
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1860 vs 1615

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 1 February 2007
Core clock speed	1210 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1860 vs 1615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1860 vs 1615

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860

1615

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860

1615

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M	ATI Radeon X1650
PassMark - G3D Mark	213
PassMark - G2D Mark	49
Geekbench - OpenCL	6433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1860	1615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1860	1615

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M	ATI Radeon X1650
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	R500
Code name	GT216	RV530
Launch date	15 June 2009	1 February 2007
Place in performance rating	1566	1568
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1210 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	116.16 gflops
Gigaflops	174
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Single Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMIVGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR2, GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0