NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 84 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 501 vs 388
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1385 vs 1015
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1385 vs 1015

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 November 2009 vs 9 March 2006
Core clock speed	1340 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 84 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	501 vs 388
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1385 vs 1015
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1385 vs 1015

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

3.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 165 vs 46

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	165 vs 46

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

501

388

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

165

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1385

1015

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1385

1015

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	501	388
PassMark - G2D Mark	46	165
Geekbench - OpenCL	9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1385	1015
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1385	1015

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT215	G71
Launch date	17 November 2009	9 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$80
Place in performance rating	1394	1357
Price now	$37.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	22.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	1340 MHz	650 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105C C
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt	84 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB or 1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA