GeForce GT 240 and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 240 vs GeForce GT 720
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce GT 240
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
GT2xx (2009−2012)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
GT215
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2009
September 2014
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
550 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
96
192
Floating-point performance
257.28 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
727 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
192
Power consumption (TDP)
69 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105C C
98 °C
Texture fill rate
17.60
12.75
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB or 1 GB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Display Connectors
DVIVGAHDMI
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
+
3 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
3.2
4.4
Shader Model
4.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+