GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and M3 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
M3
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Rage 4 (1998−1999)
GPU code name
GT200
M3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2008
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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
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Core clock speed
576 MHz
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Floating-point performance
536.5 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
250 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
8 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
216
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Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
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Texture fill rate
41.47
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Memory type
GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
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Memory bus width
448 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1998 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
6.0
CUDA
1.3
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OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
3.3
1.2
Shader Model
4.0
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Vulkan
N/A
N/A