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GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

The GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 features a GPU core speed of 550 MHz, and the 512 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 850 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 96 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M260X, which has GPU core speed of 825 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 M260X should theoretically perform a bit faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X 64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 54400 MB/sec
Difference: 9600 (18%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260X should be a small bit (more or less 13%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X 19800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 17600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 2200 (13%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260X should be much (more or less 50%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5, and will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X 6600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 4400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 2200 (50%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 Radeon R7 M260X
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year Novermber 2009 June 2014
Code Name GT215 Opal
Memory 512 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 825 MHz
Memory Speed 3400 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 70 watts (Unknown) watts
Bandwidth 54400 MB/sec 64000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 17600 Mtexels/sec 19800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4400 Mpixels/sec 6600 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 384
Texture Mapping Units 32 24
Render Output Units 8 8
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 28 nm
Transistors 289 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better 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 that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GT 240 GDDR5

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Radeon R7 M260X

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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