GeForce3 vs Radeon R5 240 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameOlandNV20 A5
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 November 2013 (11 years ago)27 February 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

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 cores384no data
Core clock speed730 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million57 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate18.721.600
Floating-point processing power0.599 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs248

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 3.0 x8AGP 4x
Length168 mm165 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3SDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB64 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz230 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s3.68 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)8.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2013 27 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

R5 240 OEM has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

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