GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GT 240
GeForce GTX 1080
16002
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
GT215
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 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)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
2560
96
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
96
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
105C C
Texture fill rate
277.3
17.60
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
+
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
+
-
GPU Boost
3.0
-
VR Ready
+
-