GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GT 240
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
GM204
GT215
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
November 2009
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
96
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
96
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
105C C
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
17.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
4 displays
+
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
3.2
Shader Model
6.4
4.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-