GeForce GTS 250 and GeForce GTX 260 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTS 250 vs GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTS 250
616
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce GTS 250
GeForce GTX 260
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
G92B
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2009
June 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
192
Floating-point performance
387.1 gflops
476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
192
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
47.2 billion/sec
36.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
896 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
999 MHz
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI
Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.0
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A