GeForce GT 240 vs GeForce GT 420 OEM
Summary
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 420 OEM |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 240
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 240 | | GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GT215 (GT215-450-A2) | vs | GF108 (GF108-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 144 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 727 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 96 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 550 MHz | vs | 700 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 4 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 240 | | GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 850 MHz
3400 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 240 | | GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 69 watts | vs | 50 watts |
| Release Date | 17 Nov 2009 | vs | 3 Sep 2010 |
GeForce GT 240
4.40 GP/s
GeForce GT 420 OEM
1.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 240
17.60 GT/s
GeForce GT 420 OEM
2.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 240
54.40 GB/s
GeForce GT 420 OEM
28.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 240
257.30 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 420 OEM
134.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better