GeForce GTS 240 OEM vs ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1538 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | R300 (2003−2008) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | RC410 | G92B |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2005 (20 years ago) | 1 July 2009 (16 years ago) |
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 | 6 | 112 |
| Core clock speed | 336 MHz | 675 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 350 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 107 million | 754 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.67 | 37.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.3629 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 16 |
| TMUs | 2 | 56 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 229 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 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 | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1100 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 70.4 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 | Portable Device Dependent | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 55 nm |
GTS 240 OEM has a 136.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Xpress 200M and GeForce GTS 240 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Xpress 200M is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTS 240 OEM is a desktop one.
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