NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 675 MHz
Around 71% higher pipelines: 192 vs 112
Around 64% better floating-point performance: 595.2 gflops vs 362.9 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1268 vs 556
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 264 vs 134

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 May 2011 vs 1 July 2009
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 675 MHz
Pipelines	192 vs 112
Floating-point performance	595.2 gflops vs 362.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1268 vs 556
PassMark - G2D Mark	264 vs 134

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 24.8 billion / sec
Around 76% higher memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s vs 24.8 billion / sec
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1268

556

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

264

134

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3341

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3341

3353

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1268	556
PassMark - G2D Mark	264	134
Geekbench - OpenCL	4769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	44.123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3341	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3341	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF116	G92B
Launch date	30 May 2011	1 July 2009
Place in performance rating	1158	1161
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	675 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	595.2 gflops	362.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	192	112
Texture fill rate	24.8 billion / sec	37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	1 GB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus