NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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 415M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • 5.8x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 69 Watt
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 221 vs 52
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1570 vs 1385
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1570 vs 1385
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 September 2010 vs 17 November 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 221 vs 52
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1570 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1570 vs 1385

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 5.9x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 3.0 billion / sec
  • 2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
  • 2.7x better floating-point performance: 257.28 gflops vs 96 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 510 vs 286
  • 12.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9236 vs 751
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1979 vs 1158
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1979 vs 1158
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1340 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s vs 3.0 billion / sec
Pipelines 96 vs 48
Floating-point performance 257.28 gflops vs 96 gflops
Maximum memory size 512 MB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 510 vs 286
Geekbench - OpenCL 9236 vs 751
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1979 vs 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1979 vs 1158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
286
510
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
221
52
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
751
9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1158
1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1158
1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1570
1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1570
1385
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
PassMark - G3D Mark 286 510
PassMark - G2D Mark 221 52
Geekbench - OpenCL 751 9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 442
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1158 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1158 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1570 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1570 1385

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla 2.0
Code name GF108 GT215
Launch date 3 September 2010 17 November 2009
Place in performance rating 1383 1386
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Price now $37.99
Value for money (0-100) 22.27

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz 1340 MHz
CUDA cores 48 96
Floating-point performance 96 gflops 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 96
Texture fill rate 3.0 billion / sec 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt 69 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 727 million
Maximum GPU temperature 105C C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type (G)DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
3D Vision