GeForce GTS 250 and GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 - video card comparison
GeForce GTS 250
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
G92B
GT200B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2009
November 2008
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
738 MHz
576 MHz
CUDA cores
128
-
Floating-point performance
387.1 gflops
536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
216
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
171 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
47.2 billion/sec
41.47
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
896 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
1998 MHz
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.3
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.0
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A