Radeon HD 8240 vs GeForce 9800M GTS

Place in performance ranking	1077	1164
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	no data
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	NB9E-GT	Temash
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 July 2008 (15 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price	$230	$280

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

9800M GTS and HD 8240 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	128
CUDA cores	64	no data
Core clock speed	600 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.20	3.200
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	240	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 9800M GTS and Radeon HD 8240 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	4.0	6.3
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9800M GTS 0.97
+59%

HD 8240 0.61

GeForce 9800M GTS outperforms Radeon HD 8240 by 59% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

9800M GTS 376
+60.7%

HD 8240 234

GeForce 9800M GTS outperforms Radeon HD 8240 by 61% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

9800M GTS 4060
+195%

HD 8240 1377

GeForce 9800M GTS outperforms Radeon HD 8240 by 195% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%