GeForce GT 240 and Radeon R9 280X2 - video card comparison
GeForce GT 240
Radeon R9 280X2
Architecture
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name
GT215
Tahiti
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2009
-
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
3x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1000 MHz
Core clock speed
550 MHz
-
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
257.28 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
727 million
4,313 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
69 Watt
375 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105C C
-
Texture fill rate
17.60
128.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB or 1 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s
288.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
DVIVGAHDMI
6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
12 (11_1)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
2.1 (1.2)
OpenGL
3.2
4.6
Shader Model
4.1
6.5 (5.1)
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.170