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Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

119%
119%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

84%
84%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 is approximately 35% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GT 240NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GT215
GF108
Cores
96
96
TMUsDifferent
32
16
ROPsDifferent
8
4
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
512 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5
DDR3
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
64 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 240NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
GPU NameDifferent
GT215
GF108
GPU VariantDifferent
GT215-450-A2
GF108-300-A1
ArchitectureDifferent
Tesla 2.0
Fermi
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
727 million
585 million
Density
5.0M / mm²
5.0M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
144 mm²
116 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-969
BGA-973

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 240NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Release DateDifferent
Nov 17th, 2009
Oct 11th, 2010
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 200
GeForce 400
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 9
GeForce 200
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 400
GeForce 500
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
80 USD
79 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
49 in our database
33 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 240NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
GPU ClockDifferent
550 MHz
700 MHz
Shader ClockDifferent
1340 MHz
1400 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
850 MHz3.4 Gbps effective
800 MHz1600 Mbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 240NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
512 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5
DDR3
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
64 bit
BandwidthDifferent
54.40 GB/s
12.80 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 240NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Shading Units
96
96
TMUsDifferent
32
16
ROPsDifferent
8
4
SM CountDifferent
12
2
L2 CacheDifferent
64 KB
128 KB
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
64 KB (per SM)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 240NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Pixel RateDifferent
4.400 GPixel/s
2.800 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
17.60 GTexel/s
11.20 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
257.3 GFLOPS
268.8 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
N/A
22.40 GFLOPS (1:12)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 240NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Slot Width
Single-slot
Single-slot
LengthDifferent
168 mm6.6 inches
145 mm5.7 inches
TDPDifferent
69 W
49 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
250 W
200 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x VGA
Power Connectors
None
None
Board NumberDifferent
P680 SKU 11, P681
P1071 SKU 0001

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 240NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
DirectXDifferent
11.1 (10_1)
12 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
3.3
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
CUDADifferent
1.2
2.1
Shader ModelDifferent
4.1
5.1

Comparison Summary

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