ATI Radeon HD 2900 XTX vs GeForce GT 240M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1269 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.69 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | GT216 | R600 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 15 June 2009 (16 years ago) | no data |
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 cores | 48 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 743 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 486 million | 720 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | 240 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 8.800 | 11.89 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1162 TFLOPS | no data |
| Gigaflops | 174 | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 315 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 6-pin |
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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 600 (DDR2), Up to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz | 1656 MBps |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 106.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Single Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMIVGA | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 10.0 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | 240 Watt |
GT 240M has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 943.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 240M and Radeon HD 2900 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GT 240M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 2900 XTX is a desktop one.
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