Quadro NVS 280 PCI vs GeForce GTX 260

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	716	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.36	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	GT200	NV34 B1
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	16 June 2008 (16 years ago)	28 October 2003 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	no data
Current price	$49 (0.1x MSRP)	$100

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	192	no data
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	576 MHz	275 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	45 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	182 Watt	13 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	36.9 billion/sec	1.100
Floating-point performance	476.9 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	168 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	no data

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 type	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	64 MB
Memory bus width	448 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	999 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB/s	8 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 Connectors	Dual Link DVIHDTV	1x DMS-59
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	9.0a
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 June 2008	28 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	64 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	182 Watt	13 Watt

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