GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GT200B
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2008
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
576 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
536.5 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
216
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
171 Watt
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
41.47
142.2
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
8 GB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1998 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
224.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
1.3
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
3.0
OpenGL
3.3
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.6
Vulkan
N/A
1.3