GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce GTX 260 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 8800 GTX
608
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce GTX 260
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
G80
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2006
June 2008
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
576 MHz
576 MHz
CUDA cores
575
192
Floating-point performance
345.6 gflops
476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
681 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
192
Power consumption (TDP)
155 Watt
182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
36.8 billion/sec
36.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
768 MB
896 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
999 MHz
Memory bandwidth
86.4 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A