GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce 6800 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce 6800
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce 6800
115
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 6800
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
GT200
NV41
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
November 2004
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
325 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
190 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
-
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
-
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
3.900
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
600 MBps
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
19.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.0 (full)
Shader Model4.03.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A