GeForce GTX 260M and GeForce 9800M GTS - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260M vs GeForce 9800M GTS
GeForce GTX 260M
390
GeForce 9800M GTS
387
GeForce GTX 260M
GeForce 9800M GTS
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
N10E-GT
NB9E-GT
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
March 2009
July 2008
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
SLI options
2-way
-
MXM Type
MXM 3.0 Type-B
-
Core clock speed
550 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
112
64
Floating-point performance
308 gflops
192 gflops
Gigaflops
462
240
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
64
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
31 billion/sec
19.20
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
Up to 950 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
61 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Power management
8.0
-