Radeon R9 280X2 vs GeForce GT 240

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1030not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency1.30no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGT215Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 November 2009 (15 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$80 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores962048
Core clock speed550 MHz950 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1000 MHz
Number of transistors727 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)69 Watt375 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105C Cno data
Texture fill rate17.60128.0
Floating-point processing power0.2573 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs32128

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 supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mm315 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone3x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB or 1 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth54.4 GB/s288.0 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 ConnectorsDVIVGAHDMI6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.16.5 (5.1)
OpenGL3.24.6
OpenCL1.12.1 (1.2)
VulkanN/A1.2.170
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB or 1 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 69 Watt 375 Watt

GT 240 has a 16966.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 443.5% lower power consumption.

R9 280X2, on the other hand, has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 240 and Radeon R9 280X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
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