GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce RTX 3080 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce RTX 3080
26043
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce RTX 3080
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GT200
Ampere GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
September 2020
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
1x 12-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
1710 MHz
Core clock speed
576 MHz
1450 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
8704
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
320 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
465.1
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
10 GB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
320 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
19000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
760.3 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.5
OpenCL
1.1
2.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2