NVIDIA started GeForce GT 240 sales 17 November 2009 at a recommended price of $80 . This is a Tesla 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB or 1 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 0 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 54.4 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 168 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 69 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GT 240: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	1031
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01
Power efficiency	1.30	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	GT215
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	17 November 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$80	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce GT 240's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GT 240's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	550 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Number of transistors	727 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature	105C C
Texture fill rate	17.60	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	0.2573 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	8	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	32	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GT 240 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GT 240: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB or 1 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GT 240. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support	+
HDMI	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce GT 240, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.1
OpenGL	3.2	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GT 240. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 240 1.31

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 240 504

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 240 5221

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GT 240 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD

Cost per frame, $

1080p

3.20

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	1−2
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4
Forza Horizon 4	2−3
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	1−2
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4
Forza Horizon 4	2−3
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	1−2
Forza Horizon 4	2−3
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Far Cry 5	1−2
Hitman 3	7−8
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

Closest competitors

GeForce GT 240's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

Radeon HD 8670D 105.34

HD Graphics P4000 102.29

Radeon HD 7660D 100.76

GeForce GT 240 100

GeForce 9800 GTX+ 97.71

GeForce 9600 GT 95.42

GeForce 9800 GT 94.66

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GT 240 is Radeon HD 7660D, which is faster by 1% and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.