GeForce GTX 560 and GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 560
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
Architecture
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GF114
GT200B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2011
November 2008
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
810 MHz
576 MHz
Floating-point performance
1,088.6 gflops
536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
1,950 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
336
216
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
171 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
99 °C
-
Texture fill rate
45.36
41.47
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
896 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
1998 MHz
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.3
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.1
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-