GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce 8800 GTS 512 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
585
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GT200
G92
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
December 2007
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
602 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
240
-
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
128
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
135 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
41.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
1640 MHz
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
52.48 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A