GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2060, which comes with core speeds of 1365 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 1920 SPUs as well as 120 Texture Address Units and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (129%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2060 should in theory be much better than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 289664 (532%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 is much (about 831%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 146200 (831%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 61120 (1389%)

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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.