GeForce GTX 260 and NVS 300 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260 vs NVS 300
GeForce GTX 260
1260
NVS 300
125
GeForce GTX 260
NVS 300
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GT200
GT218
Market segment
Desktop
Workstation
Release date
June 2008
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
520 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
260 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
16
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
18 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
4.160
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
1580 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
12.64 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
1x DMS-59
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
1.2
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A