GeForce GTX 280 and R520 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 280
R520
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Ultra-Threaded SE
GPU code name
GT200
R520
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
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SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
602 MHz
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CUDA cores
240
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Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
312 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
-
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
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Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
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Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
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Memory bus width
512 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
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Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
-
Multi monitor support
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A