Arc A580 vs GeForce GT 240M LE

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated184
Place by popularitynot in top-10066
Power efficiencyno data11.91
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameG96CDG2-512
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 January 2010 (14 years ago)10 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores323072
Core clock speed600 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors314 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate9.600384.0
Floating-point processing power0.096 TFLOPS12.29 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs16192
Tensor Coresno data384
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s512.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 January 2010 10 October 2023
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 175 Watt

GT 240M LE has 660.9% lower power consumption.

Arc A580, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 816.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 240M LE and Arc A580. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 240M LE is a notebook card while Arc A580 is a desktop one.


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