GeForce GT 240 and GeForce 8600M GS - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 240 vs GeForce 8600M GS
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce 8600M GS
72
GeForce GT 240
GeForce 8600M GS
Architecture
GT2xx (2009−2012)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
GT215
G84M
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
November 2009
June 2007
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Core clock speed
550 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
257.28 gflops
28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
727 million
210 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
16
Power consumption (TDP)
69 Watt
20 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105C C
-
Texture fill rate
17.60
3.600
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3, GDDR2
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
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DVIVGAHDMI
No outputs
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
3.3
Shader Model
4.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A