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GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

The GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB has a GPU core speed of 550 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 850 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 96 Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1925 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 2250 MHz on this specific model. It features 5120 SPUs as well as 320 TAUs and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 70 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT 335 Watts
Difference: 265 Watts (379%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should be 984% quicker than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT 589824 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 54400 MB/sec
Difference: 535424 (984%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is much (more or less 3400%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT 616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 17600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 598400 (3400%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should be much (about 5500%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT 246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 4400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 242000 (5500%)

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 1GB Radeon RX 6950 XT
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year November 2009 May 2022
Code Name GT215 Navi 21
Memory 1024 MB 16384 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 1925 MHz
Memory Speed 3400 MHz 4500 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 70 watts 335 watts
Bandwidth 54400 MB/sec 589824 MB/sec
Texel Rate 17600 Mtexels/sec 616000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4400 Mpixels/sec 246400 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 5120
Texture Mapping Units 32 320
Render Output Units 8 128
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR6
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 7 nm
Transistors 289 million 26800 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher 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 most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB

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Radeon RX 6950 XT

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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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