GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 260 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTX 1080
16002
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce GTX 260
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2016
June 2008
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
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
576 MHz
CUDA cores
2560
192
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
192
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
277.3
36.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
896 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
999 MHz
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
Dual Link DVIHDTV
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
2.1
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
Ansel
+
-
GPU Boost
3.0
-
VR Ready
+
-