GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce 8800 GTX - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce 8800 GTX
608
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce 8800 GTX
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GT200
G80
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
November 2006
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
602 MHz
576 MHz
CUDA cores
240
575
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
681 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
128
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
155 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
36.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
768 MB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
86.4 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
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A