GeForce 9800 GT and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9800 GT vs GeForce GT 240
GeForce 9800 GT
492
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
G92
GT215
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2008
November 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
112
96
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
96
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105C C
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
17.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
Internal
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.2
Shader Model
4.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A