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GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

The GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB features a clock frequency of 550 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 850 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 96 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 960, which features GPU core speed of 1127 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 1024 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 70 Watts
GeForce GTX 960 120 Watts
Difference: 50 Watts (71%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 960 should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960 112000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 54400 MB/sec
Difference: 57600 (106%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be quite a bit (approximately 310%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960 72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 17600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 54528 (310%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960 36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 4400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 31664 (720%)

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 960
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year November 2009 January 2015
Code Name GT215 GM206
Memory 1024 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 1127 MHz
Memory Speed 3400 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 70 watts 120 watts
Bandwidth 54400 MB/sec 112000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 17600 Mtexels/sec 72128 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4400 Mpixels/sec 36064 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 1024
Texture Mapping Units 32 64
Render Output Units 8 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 28 nm
Transistors 289 million 2940 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

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

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