NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 PCI
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GT215 | NV34 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | GT215-450-A2 | NV34 GL |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Rankine |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Number of transistors | 727 million | 45 million |
| Die size | 144 mm² | 124 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 17th, 2009 | Mar 17th, 2004 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 200 | Quadro FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 80 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCI |
| Reviews | 49 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce 9 | — |
| Successor | GeForce 400 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 550 MHz | 270 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1340 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 850 MHz 3.4 Gbps effective | 240 MHz 480 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 54.40 GB/s | 7.680 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 96 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 32 | 4 |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| SM count | 12 | — |
| Cache L2 | 64 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 4 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.400 GPixel/s | 1.080 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 17.60 GTexel/s | 1.080 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 257.3 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 135.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | 165 mm 6.5 inches |
| TDP | 69 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | — |
| Board number | P680, P681 | — |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 9.0a |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 4.1 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0a |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0a |
