GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GP104
GT200B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2017
July 2008
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
2x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
576 MHz
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
192
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
182 Watt
Texture fill rate
277.3
36.86
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
896 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
11008 MHz
1998 MHz
Memory bandwidth
352.3 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
6.1
1.3
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.3
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A