GeForce GT 240 and GeForce 7800 GTX 512 - video card comparison
GeForce GT 240
GeForce 7800 GTX 512
Architecture
GT2xx (2009−2012)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
GT215
G70
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2009
November 2005
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Core clock speed
550 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
257.28 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
727 million
302 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
-
Power consumption (TDP)
69 Watt
108 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105C C
-
Texture fill rate
17.60
12.00
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB or 1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
1600 MBps
Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
DVIVGAHDMI
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
3.2
2.1
Shader Model
4.1
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A