GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1605 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
Radeon RX 5700 XT		225 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (221%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5700 XT should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 404352 (743%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT should be quite a bit (about 1359%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 239200 (1359%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT will be a lot (approximately 2235%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 98320 (2235%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many 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.