GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GT200
GP108
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
March 2018
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
1379 MHz
Core clock speed
576 MHz
1152 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
1,059 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
1,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
384
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
20 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
33.10
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR4
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
2 GB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
2100 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
16.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.4
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131