GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTS 250 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce GTS 250
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce GTS 250
616
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTS 250
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GT200
G92B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
March 2009
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
602 MHz
738 MHz
CUDA cores
240
128
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
128
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
47.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
70.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
Two Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
-
+
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
3.0
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A