GeForce 210 vs GeForce GT 240
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 210 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 240 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 240
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 210 | | GeForce GT 240 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GT218 (GT218-300-B1) | vs | GT215 (GT215-450-A2) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 57 mm² | vs | 144 mm² |
| Transistors | 260 million | vs | 727 million |
| Shaders | 16 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 4 |
| Core clock | 520 MHz | vs | 550 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 210 | | GeForce GT 240 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 400 MHz
800 MHz effective | vs | 850 MHz
3400 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 210 | | GeForce GT 240 | |
|---|
| TDP | 31 watts | vs | 69 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Oct 2009 | vs | 17 Nov 2009 |
GeForce 210
2.08 GP/s
GeForce GT 240
4.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 210
4.16 GT/s
GeForce GT 240
17.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 210
6.40 GB/s
GeForce GT 240
54.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 210
39.36 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 240
257.30 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better