GeForce GT 240 vs GTX 780M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 780M with GeForce GT 240, including specs and performance data.

GTX 780M
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 122 Watt
9.85
+652%

GTX 780M outperforms GT 240 by a whopping 652% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4571031
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Power efficiency5.541.30
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGK104GT215
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 May 2013 (11 years ago)17 November 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$80

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores153696
Core clock speed823 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed797 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million727 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105C C
Texture fill rate102.017.60
Floating-point processing power2.448 TFLOPS0.2573 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs12832

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0PCI-E 2.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+-

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 amount4 GB512 MB or 1 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s54.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsDVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor supportno data+
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI++
HDCP content protection+-
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.53.2
OpenCL1.11.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GTX 780M 9.85
+652%
GT 240 1.31

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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.

GTX 780M 3797
+653%
GT 240 504

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.

GTX 780M 26827
+414%
GT 240 5221

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 HD65
+160%
25
−160%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.20

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+300%
6−7
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+833%
3−4
−833%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+3200%
2−3
−3200%
Hitman 3 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+293%
14−16
−293%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+700%
4−5
−700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+313%
8−9
−313%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+90.9%
30−35
−90.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+300%
6−7
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+833%
3−4
−833%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+3200%
2−3
−3200%
Hitman 3 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+293%
14−16
−293%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+700%
4−5
−700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+313%
8−9
−313%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+145%
10−12
−145%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+90.9%
30−35
−90.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+300%
6−7
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+3200%
2−3
−3200%
Hitman 3 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+293%
14−16
−293%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+313%
8−9
−313%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 17
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+90.9%
30−35
−90.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+780%
5−6
−780%
Hitman 3 12−14
+85.7%
7−8
−85.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+950%
6−7
−950%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+760%
5−6
−760%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

This is how GTX 780M and GT 240 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 780M is 160% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 780M is 3200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 780M surpassed GT 240 in all 48 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.85 1.31
Recency 11 May 2013 17 November 2009
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB or 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 69 Watt

GTX 780M has a 651.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 240, on the other hand, has a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 76.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 780M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 240 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780M is a notebook card while GeForce GT 240 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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