GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GT 240
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
GF100
GT215
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2010
November 2009
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
700 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
480
96
Floating-point performance
1,345.0 gflops
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
3,100 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
96
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105C C
Texture fill rate
42 billion/sec
17.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
177.4 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
3.2
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A