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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

134

137

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

110

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
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
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92B	RV630
Launch date	1 July 2009	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1158	1160
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
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
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	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
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