NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1436 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Around 7% better floating-point performance: 275.71 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 69 Watt
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 645 vs 504
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 53 vs 47
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11217 vs 9236
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 1385
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 1385

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 17 November 2009
Core clock speed	1436 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	645 vs 504
PassMark - G2D Mark	53 vs 47
Geekbench - OpenCL	11217 vs 9236
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329 vs 1385

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

645

504

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11217

9236

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

1385

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

1385

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
PassMark - G3D Mark	645	504
PassMark - G2D Mark	53	47
Geekbench - OpenCL	11217	9236
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329	1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329	1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1979

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT215	GT215
Launch date	7 January 2010	17 November 2009
Place in performance rating	1387	1388
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$80
Price now		$37.99
Value for money (0-100)		22.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	1436 MHz	1340 MHz
CUDA cores	96	96
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops	257.28 gflops
Gigaflops	413
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	96	96
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	727 million
Maximum GPU temperature		105C C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI
3D Vision