GeForce GTS 450 and GeForce GTS 260M - video card comparison
GeForce GTS 450
GeForce GTS 260M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
GF106
N10E-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2010
June 2009
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
-
SLI options
+
+
MXM Type
-
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Core clock speed
783 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
192
96
Floating-point performance
601.3 gflops
264 gflops
Gigaflops
-
396
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,170 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
96
Power consumption (TDP)
106 Watt
38 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
100 °C
-
Texture fill rate
25.1 billion/sec
17.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Up to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.7 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
HDMIVGADual Link DVIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Power management
-
8.0