NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 69 Watt
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 131 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 April 2012 vs 17 November 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	131 vs 46

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Around 65% higher core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 810 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
Around 65% better floating-point performance: 257.28 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
1700x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 501 vs 322
7.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9236 vs 1283
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1979 vs 835
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1385 vs 1155
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1979 vs 835
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1385 vs 1155

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1340 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec
Pipelines	96 vs 48
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	501 vs 322
Geekbench - OpenCL	9236 vs 1283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1979 vs 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1385 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1979 vs 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1385 vs 1155

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

322

501

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

131

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1283

9236

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

835

1979

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1155

1385

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

835

1979

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1155

1385

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 610	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
PassMark - G3D Mark	322	501
PassMark - G2D Mark	131	46
Geekbench - OpenCL	1283	9236
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	77.99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	6.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	835	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1155	1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	835	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1155	1385
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	87

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 610	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF119	GT215
Launch date	2 April 2012	17 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99	$80
Place in performance rating	1626	1394
Price now	$39.99	$37.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.13	22.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	1340 MHz
CUDA cores	48	96
Floating-point performance	155.5 gflops	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	102 °C	105C C
Pipelines	48	96
Texture fill rate	6.5 billion / sec	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	727 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA	DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	PCI-E 2.0
Height	2.7" (6.9 cm)	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	3.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1024 MB	512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GB/s	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
3D Vision