
GeForce GTX 260M and GeForce 9800 GTX - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260M vs GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce GTX 260M
390
GeForce 9800 GTX
792
GeForce GTX 260M
GeForce 9800 GTX
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
N10E-GT
G92
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2009
March 2008
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
2x 6-pin
SLI options
2-way
+
MXM Type
MXM 3.0 Type-B
-
Core clock speed
550 MHz
675 MHz
CUDA cores
112
128
Floating-point performance
308 gflops
432.1 gflops
Gigaflops
462
-
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
128
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
140 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
31 billion/sec
43.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
Up to 950 MHz
1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth
61 GB/s
70.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
Via Adapter
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Power management
8.0
-