GeForce GTX 295 and GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 295
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GT200B
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2009
September 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
576 MHz
576 MHz
CUDA cores
480
-
CUDA cores per GPU
240
-
Floating-point performance
2x 596.2 gflops
536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
216
Power consumption (TDP)
289 Watt
182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
92.2 billion/sec
41.47
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1792 MB
896 MB
Memory bus width
896 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
1998 MHz
Memory bandwidth
223.8 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
896 MB
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.3
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit
-