GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GTS 260M - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTS 260M
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
GT200
N10E-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
June 2008
June 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
-
SLI options
+
+
MXM Type
-
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Core clock speed
576 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
192
96
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
264 gflops
Gigaflops
-
396
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
96
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
38 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
17.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
Up to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
HDMIVGADual Link DVIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Power management
-
8.0