Radeon 540 and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon 540 vs GeForce GT 240
Radeon 540
1420
GeForce GT 240
525
Radeon 540
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
Lexa
GT215
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2017
November 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1124 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1183 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
-
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
2,200 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
96
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105C C
Texture fill rate
28.39
17.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
32 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
6 GB/s
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
24 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DisplayPort 1.4a
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
-
+
OpenCL
2.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.2
Shader Model
6.7
4.1
Vulkan
1.3
N/A