GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
7043
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GT200
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
1740 MHz
Core clock speed
576 MHz
-
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
8,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
90 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
111.4
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
4 GB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
192.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
3.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.7
Vulkan
N/A
1.3