GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GT 430 PCI - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GT 430 PCI
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GT200
GF108
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
October 2010
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
700 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
96
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
49 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
11.20
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
9.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
2.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A