NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM vs ATI Radeon 9550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM and ATI Radeon 9550 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 Radeon 9550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 250 MHz
37.8x more texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 400 MHz
15.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 556 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2009 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	556 vs 35

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9550

Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 145 vs 134

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	145 vs 134

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

134

145

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM	ATI Radeon 9550
PassMark - G2D Mark	134	145
PassMark - G3D Mark	556	35
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM	ATI Radeon 9550
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 8
Code name	G92B	RV350
Launch date	1 July 2009	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1159	1162
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	362.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s	1 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	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR