GeForce FX 5600 vs GT 240

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1027	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Power efficiency	1.32	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	GT215	NV31
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	17 November 2009 (15 years ago)	6 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$80	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	325 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	80 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	37 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105C C	no data
Texture fill rate	17.60	1.300
Floating-point processing power	0.2573 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	32	4

Form factor & 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	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

VRAM capacity and type

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB or 1 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz	250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB/s	8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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	DVIVGAHDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	9.0a
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.2	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 November 2009	6 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB or 1 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	37 Watt

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