NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1210 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
3.3x better floating-point performance: 116.16 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 34 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 203 vs 157
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1860 vs 1230
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1860 vs 1230

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed	1210 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 16
Floating-point performance	116.16 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 34 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	203 vs 157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1860 vs 1230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1860 vs 1230

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 70 vs 51

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	70 vs 51

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

203

157

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860

1230

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860

1230

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
PassMark - G3D Mark	203	157
PassMark - G2D Mark	51	70
Geekbench - OpenCL	6433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1860	1230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1860	1230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G96
Launch date	15 June 2009	30 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1561	1562
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Price now		$72.50
Value for money (0-100)		2.68
Technical info
Core clock speed	1210 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	116.16 gflops	35.2 gflops
Gigaflops	174
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	16
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	34 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Single Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMIVGA	2x DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0