
GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GT 240
GeForce GTX 1050
5198
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce GTX 1050
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
N17P-G1
GT215
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2016
November 2009
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
300 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI
-
-
SLI options
-
-
Boost clock speed
1392 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1290 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
640
96
Floating-point performance
1,862 gflops
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
3,300 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
96
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
105C C
Texture fill rate
58.20
17.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7008 MHz
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
2.2
-
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.2
Shader Model
6.4
4.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
Ansel
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GPU Boost
3.0
-
VR Ready
+
-