GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 260
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GT200
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
June 2008
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
602 MHz
576 MHz
CUDA cores
240
192
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
192
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
36.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
896 MB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
999 MHz
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
Dual Link DVIHDTV
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
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A