GeForce GT 240 and GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition - video card comparison
GeForce GT 240
GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition
Architecture
GT2xx (2009−2012)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GT215
GF100
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2009
-
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Core clock speed
550 MHz
608 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
257.28 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
727 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
448
Power consumption (TDP)
69 Watt
215 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105C C
-
Texture fill rate
17.60
34.05
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB or 1 GB
1280 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
320 Bit
Memory clock speed
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
3.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s
133.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
DVIVGAHDMI
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3a
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
2.0
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.2
4.6
Shader Model
4.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A