GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1825 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 4608 SPUs, 288 Texture Address Units, and 128 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
Radeon RX 6800 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 230 Watts (329%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6800 XT should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		524288 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 469888 (864%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is quite a bit (more or less 2886%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		525600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 508000 (2886%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is quite a bit (approximately 5209%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 229200 (5209%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.