GeForce GTX 560 and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GT 240
GeForce GTX 560
2822
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce GTX 560
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
GF114
GT215
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2011
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
Two 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
810 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
1,088.6 gflops
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,950 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
336
96
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
99 °C
105C C
Texture fill rate
45.36
17.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
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
4.1
3.2
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-