GeForce GT 240 vs Mobility Radeon
Aggregated performance score
Mobility Radeon outperforms GeForce GT 240 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary Details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 977 | 985 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Architecture | Rage 6 (2000−2007) | GT2xx (2009−2012) |
| GPU code name | M6 | GT215 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 December 2001 (22 years ago) | 17 November 2009 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $80 |
| Current price | $202 | $708 (8.9x MSRP) |
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
ATI Mobility has 100% better value for money than GT 240.
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 | no data | 96 |
| CUDA cores | no data | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 144 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 30 million | 727 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 69 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 105C C |
| Texture fill rate | 0.43 | 17.60 |
| Floating-point performance | no data | 257.28 gflops |
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 support | no data | PCI-E 2.0 |
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm) |
| Height | no data | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) |
| Width | IGP | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 MB | 512 MB or 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 288 MHz | 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 2.304 GB/s | 54.4 GB/s |
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 | DVIVGAHDMI |
| Multi monitor support | no data | + |
| HDMI | no data | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
| Audio input for HDMI | no data | Internal |
API Compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | no data | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 24−27
−4.2%
| 25
+4.2%
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Pros & Cons Summary
| Performance score | 1.33 | 1.32 |
| Recency | 1 December 2001 | 17 November 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 MB | 512 MB or 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 40 nm |
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Mobility Radeon and GeForce GT 240.
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