Tesla V100 PCIe vs GeForce GTX 260 OEM

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGT200BGV100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date8 December 2009 (14 years ago)21 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Current price$117 $3739

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1925120
Core clock speed518 MHz1246 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1380 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate33.15441.6
Floating-point performance414.7 gflops14,131 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount1792 MB16 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed2016 MHz1758 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.9 GB/s900.1 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12.0
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/Ano data
CUDA1.37.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 December 2009 21 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 250 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 OEM and Tesla V100 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 OEM is a desktop card while Tesla V100 PCIe is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
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