GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce 7600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce 7600 GT
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce 7600 GT
224
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 7600 GT
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
GT200
G73
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
March 2006
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
560 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
177 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
-
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
40 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
6.720
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
2x DVI, 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
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A