GeForce GT 240 vs Radeon R7 350

Place in performance ranking	567	984
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.03	0.01
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	GT215
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	6 July 2016 (7 years ago)	17 November 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$80
Current price	$142	$708 (8.9x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 350 has 10200% better value for money than GT 240.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	96
CUDA cores	no data	96
Core clock speed	800 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	727 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105C C
Texture fill rate	25.60	17.60
Floating-point performance	819.2 gflops	257.28 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	54.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	no data	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD

100−110
+300%

−300%

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	5.56	1.32
Recency	6 July 2016	17 November 2009
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB or 1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	69 Watt