NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 325 MHz
7.3x more texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 700 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 556 vs 113
6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 484
6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 484

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2009 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	556 vs 113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 484

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 134

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 134

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

134

258

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

113

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

484

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

484

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
PassMark - G2D Mark	134	258
PassMark - G3D Mark	556	113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	484

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92B	NV40 A1
Launch date	1 July 2009	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1157	1160
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$39.99
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	362.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	222 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	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR