GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce 256 DDR - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce 256 DDR
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
NV10 A3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2016
December 1999
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
AGP 4x
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
120 MHz
CUDA cores
2560
-
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
220 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
17 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
-
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
-
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
-
Texture fill rate
277.3
0.48
Memory type
GDDR5X
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
32 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
300 MHz
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
4.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
1x VGA
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
7.0
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.5
1.2
Shader Model
6.4
-
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
Ansel
+
-
GPU Boost
3.0
-
VR Ready
+
-