GeForce GTS 240 OEM vs Radeon HD 6490
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 240 OEM |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6490 |
| 81 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTS 240 OEM . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTS 240 OEM | | Radeon HD 6490 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92B (G92-240-B1) | vs | Redwood (Redwood LE) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 260 mm² | vs | 104 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 627 million |
| Shaders | 112 | vs | 320 |
| Compute Units | 7 | vs | 4 |
| Core clock | 675 MHz | vs | 550 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTS 240 OEM | | Radeon HD 6490 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR2 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1100 MHz
2200 MHz effective | vs | 500 MHz
1000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTS 240 OEM | | Radeon HD 6490 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 39 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Jul 2009 | vs | 4 Jul 2011 |
GeForce GTS 240 OEM
10.80 GP/s
Radeon HD 6490
4.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTS 240 OEM
37.80 GT/s
Radeon HD 6490
8.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTS 240 OEM
70.40 GB/s
Radeon HD 6490
16.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTS 240 OEM
362.90 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6490
352.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better