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NVIDIA GeForce GT 240: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GT 240 sales 17 November 2009 at a recommended price of $80 . This is a GT2xx 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 single-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm). No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 69 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 1.34% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce GT 240: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 945 | |
| Value for money | 0.01 | |
| Architecture | GT2xx (2009−2012) | |
| GPU code name | GT215 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 17 November 2009 (13 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $80 | |
| Current price | $708 (8.9x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Value for money
Technical specs
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 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| CUDA cores | 96 | |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 727 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 69 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105C C | |
| Texture fill rate | 17.60 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 257.28 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and 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 | 6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm) | |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
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 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
| Memory clock speed | 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 54.4 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
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 support
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 GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| 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 performance 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.
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
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.
Benchmark coverage: 16%
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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 | 25 |
Performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 | |
| Metro Exodus | 3−4 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5 |
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5 | |
| Hitman 3 | 3−4 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5 | |
| Metro Exodus | 2−3 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 0−1 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3 | |
| Hitman 3 | 2−3 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 6−7 |
Relative perfomance
GeForce GT 240's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GT 240 is Mobility Radeon, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GT 240:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GT 240 according to our statistics.
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