GeForce 7900 GTO and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
GeForce 7900 GTO
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
G71
GT215
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2006
November 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
650 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
-
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
278 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
96
Power consumption (TDP)
81 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105C C
Texture fill rate
15.60
17.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1320 MHz
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
42.24 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
-
+
OpenCL
N/A
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.2
Shader Model
3.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A