GeForce GT 240M vs Radeon 520

Place in performance ranking	841	1178
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.71	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name	Oland	N10P-GS
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	21 March 2017 (7 years ago)	15 June 2009 (15 years ago)
Current price	$140	$129

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon 520 and GT 240M have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores	320	48
CUDA cores	no data	48
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	486 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.60	8.800
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops	116.16 gflops
Gigaflops	no data	174

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon 520 and GeForce GT 240M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	Up to 600 (DDR2), Up to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	25.6 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	Single Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power management

no data

8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.0	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	no data	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

Radeon 520 2.04
+271%

GT 240M 0.55

Radeon 520 outperforms GeForce GT 240M by 271% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Radeon 520 787
+269%

GT 240M 213

Radeon 520 outperforms GeForce GT 240M by 269% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Radeon 520 5266
+122%

GT 240M 2372

Radeon 520 outperforms GeForce GT 240M by 122% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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

16
+33.3%

−33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10−11

+233%

3−4
−233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Hitman 3	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +233%	12−14 −233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +233%	9−10 −233%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Hitman 3	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +233%	12−14 −233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +233%	9−10 −233%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +233%	12−14 −233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +233%	9−10 −233%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

+250%

4−5
−250%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Hitman 3	21−24 +250%	6−7 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

+233%

3−4
−233%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+250%

2−3

−250%

This is how Radeon 520 and GT 240M compete in popular games:

Radeon 520 is 33% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.04	0.55
Recency	21 March 2017	15 June 2009
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt