AMD Radeon HD 8240 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot rated1159
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameNB9P-GSTemash
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2008 (15 years old)23 May 2013 (10 years old)
Current price$287 $280
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores32128
CUDA cores32no data
Core clock speed120 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors314 million1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate8.0003.200
Floating-point performance80 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 9600M GT 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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR2, GDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.3
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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%

9600M GT 136
HD 8240 234
+72.1%

Radeon HD 8240 outperforms GeForce 9600M GT by 72% 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%

9600M GT 1459
+6%
HD 8240 1377

GeForce 9600M GT outperforms Radeon HD 8240 by 6% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 4 June 2008 23 May 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 15 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600M GT and Radeon HD 8240. We've got no test results to judge.


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