Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
Tesla
Architecture
Midrange
Product Tier
192
Shader Cores
28
ROPs
64
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
0.896 GB
Memory
GDDR3
Memory Type
111.9 GB/s
Bandwidth
182 W
TDP
| GPU Snapshot | |||
| Release date: | Jun 16, 2008 | Price at Launch: | $449 |
| Type: | Desktop | Architecture: | Tesla |
| Generation: | GeForce GTX 200 series | Product Tier: | Midrange |
| VRAM Capacity: | 0.896 GB | Total Board Power: | 182 W |
| Core Configuration | |||
| Shader Cores: | 192 | TMUs: | 64 |
| ROPs: | 28 | L2 Cache: | 224 KB |
| Memory | |||
| VRAM Capacity: | 0.896 GB | Memory Type: | GDDR3 |
| Memory Speed: | 1.998 Gbps | Memory Bus: | 448-bit |
| Bandwidth: | 111.9 GB/s | ||
| Graphics Processing | |||
| Base Clock: | 576 MHz | FP32 Throughput: | 0.477 TFLOPs |
| Ray Tracing: | No | Process Size: | 65nm |
| Process Name: | TSMC 65nm | Die Size: | 576 mm² |
| Power & Connectivity | |||
| Total Board Power: | 182 W | Power Connectors: | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface: | PCIe 2.0 x16 | DSC: | No |
| Max Displays: | 2 | ||
| Media & Software Support | |||
| DirectX Support: | 11.1 | Shader Model: | 4.0 |
| OpenGL Version: | 3.3 | ||
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