ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 vs GeForce GT 240

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1031not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency1.30no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameGT215M56
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 November 2009 (15 years ago)1 February 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$80 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores9617
Core clock speed550 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speedno data450 MHz
Number of transistors727 million157 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)69 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105C Cno data
Texture fill rate17.601.800
Floating-point processing power0.2573 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs324

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB or 1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz470 MHz
Memory bandwidth54.4 GB/s15.04 GB/s
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 ConnectorsDVIVGAHDMINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.13.0
OpenGL3.22.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 November 2009 1 February 2006
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB or 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 90 nm

GT 240 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 204700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 240 and Mobility Radeon X1600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 240 is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon X1600 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
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