GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GTX 960 OEM - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTX 960 OEM
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code name
GT200
GM206
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
November 2015
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
1201 MHz
Core clock speed
576 MHz
924 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
2,460 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
2,940 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
-
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
76.86
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
4 GB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
7012 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
112.2 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)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
5.2
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.4
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.126