GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GT 530 OEM - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GT 530 OEM
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GT200
GF108
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
May 2011
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
268.8 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
50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
11.20
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
28.8 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