Radeon HD 7870 and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon HD 7870 vs GeForce GT 240
Radeon HD 7870
4779
GeForce GT 240
525
Radeon HD 7870
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
Pitcairn XT
GT215
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2012
November 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
-
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
2800 Million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
96
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105C C
Texture fill rate
80.00
17.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (11_1)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
-
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.2
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A