GeForce GT 240 and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 240 vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce GT 240
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
GT2xx (2009−2012)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GT215
G84
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2009
April 2007
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
-
+
Core clock speed
550 MHz
540 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
257.28 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
727 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
32
Power consumption (TDP)
69 Watt
47 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105C C
-
Texture fill rate
17.60
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB or 1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
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)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.2
2.1
Shader Model
4.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A