GeForce GT 240 and GeForce 8600M GT SLI - video card comparison
GeForce GT 240
GeForce 8600M GT SLI
Architecture
GT2xx (2009−2012)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
GT215
NB8P-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
November 2009
October 2007
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
475 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
257.28 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
727 million
598 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
64
Power consumption (TDP)
69 Watt
20 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105C C
-
Texture fill rate
17.60
-
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB or 1 GB
1 GB
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
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Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DVIVGAHDMI
-
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
10
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
-
OpenGL
3.2
-
Shader Model
4.1
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Vulkan
N/A
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