GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which has a clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1152 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		70 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Geforce GTX 760 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 137856 (253%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be quite a bit (more or less 435%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 76480 (435%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26960 (613%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of 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. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.