GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce 9800 GTX - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce 9800 GTX
792
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 9800 GTX
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GT200
G92
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
March 2008
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
576 MHz
675 MHz
CUDA cores
192
128
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
432.1 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
140 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
43.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
70.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
Via Adapter
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A