Radeon Vega 6 Mobile 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 ranking1027not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency1.32no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGT215Raven-M
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 November 2009 (15 years ago)8 January 2018 (6 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 cores96384
Core clock speed550 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1101 MHz
Number of transistors727 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)69 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105C Cno data
Texture fill rate17.6026.42
Floating-point processing power0.2573 TFLOPS0.8456 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs3224

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MB or 1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth54.4 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsDVIVGAHDMIPortable Device Dependent
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)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL3.24.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 November 2009 8 January 2018
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 69 Watt 15 Watt

Vega 6 Mobile has an age advantage of 8 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 360% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 240 and Radeon Vega 6 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 240 is a desktop card while Radeon Vega 6 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
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