NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 8800M GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 58% higher texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 112 vs 96
Around 51% better floating-point performance: 362.9 gflops vs 240 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 800 MHz
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 556 vs 462
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2485
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2485

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2009 vs 1 November 2007
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 96
Floating-point performance	362.9 gflops vs 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	556 vs 462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 2485

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 175 vs 134

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	175 vs 134

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

134

175

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

462

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

2485

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

2485

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
PassMark - G2D Mark	134	175
PassMark - G3D Mark	556	462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	2485

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92B	G92
Launch date	1 July 2009	1 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1158	1141
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	362.9 gflops	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	112	96
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	754 million
CUDA cores		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		large
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	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI