NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM and ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 337 MHz
28x more texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 1.348 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 486 MHz
22.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 556 vs 25

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2009 vs 13 February 2004
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 337 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s vs 1.348 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 486 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	556 vs 25

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 137 vs 134

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	137 vs 134

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

134

137

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo
PassMark - G2D Mark	134	137
PassMark - G3D Mark	556	25
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 8
Code name	G92B	M10
Launch date	1 July 2009	13 February 2004
Place in performance rating	1166	1170
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	337 MHz
Floating-point performance	362.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s	1.348 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	7.78 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz	486 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR