GeForce GT 240 vs Radeon R5 240 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 240 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon R5 240 OEM |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R5 240 OEM
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 240 | | Radeon R5 240 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GT215 (GT215-450-A2) | vs | Oland () |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 144 mm² | vs | 90 mm² |
| Transistors | 727 million | vs | 1,040 million |
| Shaders | 96 | vs | 320 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 550 MHz | vs | 730 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 20 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 240 | | Radeon R5 240 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 | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 240 | | Radeon R5 240 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 69 watts | vs | 50 watts |
| Release Date | 17 Nov 2009 | vs | 1 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GT 240
4.40 GP/s
Radeon R5 240 OEM
5.84 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 240
17.60 GT/s
Radeon R5 240 OEM
14.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 240
54.40 GB/s
Radeon R5 240 OEM
28.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 240
257.30 GFLOPs
Radeon R5 240 OEM
467.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better