GeForce GTS 240 OEM vs ION 2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGT218G92B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)1 July 2009 (15 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 cores16112
Core clock speed500 MHz675 MHz
Number of transistors260 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate4.00037.80
Floating-point processing power0.03424 TFLOPS0.3629 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs856

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 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1100 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data70.4 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.21.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2008 1 July 2009
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 120 Watt

ION 2 has a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 500% lower power consumption.

GTS 240 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between ION 2 and GeForce GTS 240 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that ION 2 is a notebook card while GeForce GTS 240 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA ION 2
ION 2
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
GeForce GTS 240 OEM

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