NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 14% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 594 MHz
- 8x more texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 4.75 GTexel / s
- 2.5x better floating-point performance: 362.9 gflops vs 142.56 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- 2.8x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 792 MHz
- 5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 556 vs 110
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 July 2009 vs 28 June 2007 |
Core clock speed | 675 MHz vs 594 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 37.8 GTexel / s vs 4.75 GTexel / s |
Floating-point performance | 362.9 gflops vs 142.56 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm vs 65 nm |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 2200 MHz vs 792 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 556 vs 110 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
- Around 7% higher pipelines: 120 vs 112
- 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 120 Watt
- Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 137 vs 134
Specifications (specs) | |
Pipelines | 120 vs 112 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt vs 120 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 137 vs 134 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM | ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 134 | 137 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 556 | 110 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM | ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | TeraScale |
Code name | G92B | RV630 |
Launch date | 1 July 2009 | 28 June 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 1161 | 1163 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 675 MHz | 594 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 362.9 gflops | 142.56 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 112 | 120 |
Texture fill rate | 37.8 GTexel / s | 4.75 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 35 Watt |
Transistor count | 754 million | 390 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Length | 229 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 70.4 GB / s | 12.67 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 2200 MHz | 792 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR2 |