GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 2 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 2
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GT200
G96B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
July 2008
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
32
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
9.600
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
1800 MBps
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
28.8 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