GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTS 250 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GTS 250
GeForce GTX 1080
16002
GeForce GTS 250
616
GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce GTS 250
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
G92B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2016
March 2009
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
738 MHz
CUDA cores
2560
128
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
128
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
277.3
47.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
70.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
Two Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.0
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
Ansel
+
-
GPU Boost
3.0
-
VR Ready
+
-