GeForce GT 240 vs GTX 560 Ti X2

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated989
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code nameGF114GT215
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 January 2011 (13 years ago)17 November 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$80
Current priceno data$708 (8.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores38496
CUDA coresno data96
Core clock speed850 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million727 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105C C
Texture fill rate54.4017.60
Floating-point performance2x 1,305.6 gflops257.28 gflops

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 supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length292 mm6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 amount1 GB512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4008 MHz1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.3 GB/s54.4 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 Connectors3x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIDVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.2
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 January 2011 17 November 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB or 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 69 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 and GeForce GT 240. We've got no test results to judge.


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