GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce 8800 GTS 512 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
585
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GT200
G92
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
December 2007
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
128
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
135 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
41.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
1640 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
52.48 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)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A