GeForce GT 240 and GM20B - video card comparison

GeForce GT 240

GM20B

Architecture

GT2xx (2009−2012)

Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)

GPU code name

GT215

GM20B

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

November 2009

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Bus support

PCI-E 2.0

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Interface

PCIe 2.0 x16

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Supplementary power connectors

None

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Core clock speed

550 MHz

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CUDA cores

96

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Floating-point performance

257.28 gflops

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Manufacturing process technology

40 nm

20 nm

Number of transistors

727 million

2,000 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

96

256

Power consumption (TDP)

69 Watt

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Maximum GPU temperature

105C C

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Texture fill rate

17.60

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Memory type

GDDR5

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Maximum RAM amount

512 MB or 1 GB

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Memory bus width

128 Bit

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Memory clock speed

1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz

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Memory bandwidth

54.4 GB/s

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Display Connectors

DVIVGAHDMI

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Multi monitor support

+

-

HDMI

+

-

Maximum VGA resolution

2048x1536

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Audio input for HDMI

Internal

-

DirectX

11.1 (10_1)

12 (12_1)

CUDA

+

5.3

OpenCL

1.1

1.2

OpenGL

3.2

4.6

Shader Model

4.1

6.0

Vulkan

N/A

1.1

PureVideo HD

-

VP9