GeForce GT 240 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 240 vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
15854
GeForce GT 240
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Architecture
GT2xx (2009−2012)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GT215
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2009
October 2022
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
550 MHz
-
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
257.28 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
727 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
69 Watt
170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105C C
-
Texture fill rate
17.60
199.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB or 1 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s
240.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
DVIVGAHDMI
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
3.0
OpenGL
3.2
4.6
Shader Model
4.1
6.7
Vulkan
N/A
1.3