GeForce GT 240 and GeForce 256 SDR - video card comparison
GeForce GT 240
GeForce 256 SDR
Architecture
GT2xx (2009−2012)
Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name
GT215
NV10 A3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2009
October 1999
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
550 MHz
120 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
257.28 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
220 nm
Number of transistors
727 million
17 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
-
Power consumption (TDP)
69 Watt
-
Maximum GPU temperature
105C C
-
Texture fill rate
17.60
0.48
Memory type
GDDR5
SDR
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB or 1 GB
32 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
143 MHz
Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s
1.144 GB/s
Display Connectors
DVIVGAHDMI
1x VGA
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
7.0
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
3.2
1.2
Shader Model
4.1
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A