AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
833
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Value for money (0-100)
10.77
TeraScale 3
Architecture
GT2xx
Cayman
Code name
GT215
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
17 November 2009 (12 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$80
$17.44
Price now
$905 (11.3x MSRP)
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Value for money
0.02
Cayman
GPU code name
GT215
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
96
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Core clock speed
550 MHz
2,640 million
Transistor count
727 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
69 Watt
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Texture fill rate
17.60
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Floating-point performance
257.28 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
105C C
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CUDA cores
96
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
2,640 million
Number of transistors
727 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
69 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
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Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
512 MB or 1 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
DVIVGAHDMI
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Multi monitor support
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
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CUDA
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
4.4
OpenGL
3.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Cayman

Cheaper ($17.44 vs $905 (11.3x MSRP))

More pipelines (1536 vs 96)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

2.5% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GT 240?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 .

AMD Cayman versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Cayman
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