
GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 490 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 490
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GT200
GF100
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
2x 8-pin
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
602 MHz
608 MHz
CUDA cores
240
-
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
480
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
365 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
36.48
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
3.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
164.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
2.0
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A