GeForce GT 240 and GeForce GT 520 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 240 vs GeForce GT 520
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce GT 520
318
GeForce GT 240
GeForce GT 520
Architecture
GT2xx (2009−2012)
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GT215
GF119
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2009
April 2011
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
550 MHz
810 MHz
CUDA cores
96
48
Floating-point performance
257.28 gflops
155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
727 million
292 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
48
Power consumption (TDP)
69 Watt
29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105C C
102 °C
Texture fill rate
17.60
6.5 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB or 1 GB
1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
DVIVGAHDMI
Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.2
4.2
Shader Model
4.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A