GeForce GTX 260 and Radeon HD 8240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260 vs Radeon HD 8240
GeForce GTX 260
1260
Radeon HD 8240
253
GeForce GTX 260
Radeon HD 8240
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name
GT200
Temash
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
June 2008
May 2013
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
IGP
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
-
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
400 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
1,178 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
128
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
3.200
Memory type
GDDR3
System Shared
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
System Shared
Memory bus width
448 Bit
System Shared
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
System Shared
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
+
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_0)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
2.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.3
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131