GeForce GT 240M LE vs ATI Radeon X1950 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1403not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.34no data
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRV570G96C
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 January 2007 (18 years ago)15 January 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$140 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 coresno data32
Core clock speed500 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors330 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)57 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate6.0009.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs128
TMUs1216
L2 Cacheno data32 KB

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s12.8 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model3.04.0
OpenGL2.03.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 January 2007 15 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 57 Watt 23 Watt

GT 240M LE has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 147.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1950 GT and GeForce GT 240M LE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1950 GT is a desktop graphics card while GeForce GT 240M LE is a notebook one.

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