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NVIDIA · Tesla (derived from codename prefix) · 2008

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216: 896 MB GDDR3, 182 W, 216 CUDA cores. Launched September 16, 2008 at $299.

Memory
896 MB
Power
182 W
Bus width
448 bit
Memory896 MB133 of 143 in GeForce GTX
Power182 W38 of 154 by higher draw in GeForce GTX
CUDA cores216147 of 158 in GeForce GTX
Launch price$29946 of 92 in GeForce GTX

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Memory

Capacity
896 MB
Memory type
GDDR3
Bus width
448 bit
Memory clock
999 MHz
Bandwidth
111.9 GB/s

Compute

CUDA cores
216
SM count
27
TMUs
72
ROPs
28
FP32
536.544 GFLOPS
FP64
67.068 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
16.13 GP/s
Texture fill rate
41.47 GT/s

Clocks

Base clock
576 MHz

Board

TDP
182 W
Bus interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
External power required
Yes
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
299 USD

Physical

Architecture
Tesla (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
G200-103-A2
Process
65 nm
Transistors
1.4 billion
Die size
576 mm²
Series
GeForce GTX
Launch date
September 16, 2008

Not recorded by the source: generation and boost clock.

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

576 mm² die · 216 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 2 shaders.576 mm² die · 216 shadersEach dot = 2 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Within its series, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 ranks 117th of 121 for FP32 throughput and 133rd of 143 for memory capacity. Its 182 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

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