GeForce 9600 GSO 512 vs GeForce GT 240
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GSO 512 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 9600 GSO 512 | | GeForce GT 240 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G94 (G94-300-A1) | vs | GT215 (GT215-450-A2) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 240 mm² | vs | 144 mm² |
| Transistors | 505 million | vs | 727 million |
| Shaders | 48 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 3 | vs | 4 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 550 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512 | | GeForce GT 240 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 850 MHz
3400 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512 | | GeForce GT 240 | |
|---|
| TDP | 90 watts | vs | 69 watts |
| Release Date | 23 Oct 2008 | vs | 17 Nov 2009 |
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
10.40 GP/s
GeForce GT 240
4.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
15.60 GT/s
GeForce GT 240
17.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
57.60 GB/s
GeForce GT 240
54.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
156.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 240
257.30 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better