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GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Intro

The GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB has a GPU core clock speed of 550 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory runs at 850 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 96 Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 660 Ti, which has GPU clock speed of 915 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 1344 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 70 Watts
GeForce GTX 660 Ti 150 Watts
Difference: 80 Watts (114%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti 144000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 54400 MB/sec
Difference: 89600 (165%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti should be quite a bit (about 482%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti 102480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 17600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 84880 (482%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 660 Ti is superior to the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti 21960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 4400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 17560 (399%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year November 2009 August 2012
Code Name GT215 GK104
Memory 1024 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 915 MHz
Memory Speed 3400 MHz 6000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 70 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 54400 MB/sec 144000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 17600 Mtexels/sec 102480 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4400 Mpixels/sec 21960 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 1344
Texture Mapping Units 32 112
Render Output Units 8 24
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 28 nm
Transistors 289 million 3540 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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