GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GT 230 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce GT 230
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce GT 230
333
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GT 230
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GT200
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
October 2009
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
48
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
15.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
No outputs
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