GeForce GTX 260M and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260M vs GeForce GT 240
GeForce GTX 260M
390
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce GTX 260M
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
N10E-GT
GT215
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2009
November 2009
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
SLI options
2-way
-
MXM Type
MXM 3.0 Type-B
-
Core clock speed
550 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
112
96
Floating-point performance
308 gflops
257.28 gflops
Gigaflops
462
-
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
96
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105C C
Texture fill rate
31 billion/sec
17.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
Up to 950 MHz
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
61 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
Internal
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.2
Shader Model
4.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Power management
8.0
-