GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs GeForce GTX 960M

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 960M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1096 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 960M, in theory, should be a small bit faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (18%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M will be a lot (more or less 149%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26240 (149%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M is a lot (about 299%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13136 (299%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). 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 reach the maximum fill rate.