GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8800 GTX vs GeForce GT 240
GeForce 8800 GTX
608
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
G80
GT215
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2006
November 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
575
96
Floating-point performance
345.6 gflops
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
681 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
96
Power consumption (TDP)
155 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105C C
Texture fill rate
36.8 billion/sec
17.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
768 MB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
86.4 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
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
3.2
Shader Model
4.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A