GeForce GTX 560 and GeForce GTX 260 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTX 560
2822
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce GTX 560
GeForce GTX 260
Architecture
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GF114
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2011
June 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
CUDA cores
-
192
Floating-point performance
1,088.6 gflops
476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
1,950 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
336
192
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
99 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
45.36
36.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
896 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
999 MHz
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.1
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-