Radeon R9 290 and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce GT 240
Radeon R9 290
8336
GeForce GT 240
525
Radeon R9 290
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
Hawaii
GT215
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2013
November 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
None
Core clock speed
947 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
4,849 gflops
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
6,200 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
96
Power consumption (TDP)
275 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105C C
Texture fill rate
151.5
17.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
320.0 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
-
+
OpenCL
2.0
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.2
Shader Model
6.3
4.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A