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NVIDIA · Tesla (derived from codename prefix) · 2008

GeForce GTX 280

GeForce GTX 280: 1 GB GDDR3, 236 W, 240 CUDA cores. Launched June 16, 2008 at $649.

Memory
1 GB
Power
236 W
Bus width
512 bit
Memory1 GB109 of 143 in GeForce GTX
Power236 W24 of 154 by higher draw in GeForce GTX
CUDA cores240139 of 158 in GeForce GTX
Launch price$64912 of 92 in GeForce GTX

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Memory

Capacity
1 GB
Memory type
GDDR3
Bus width
512 bit
Memory clock
1,107 MHz
Bandwidth
141.7 GB/s

Compute

CUDA cores
240
SM count
30
TMUs
80
ROPs
32
FP32
622.08 GFLOPS
FP64
77.76 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
19.26 GP/s
Texture fill rate
48.16 GT/s

Clocks

Base clock
602 MHz

Board

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

Physical

Architecture
Tesla (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
G200-300-A2
Process
65 nm
Transistors
1.4 billion
Die size
576 mm²
Series
GeForce GTX
Launch date
June 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 · 240 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 2 shaders.576 mm² die · 240 shadersEach dot = 2 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Within its series, the GeForce GTX 280 ranks 113th of 121 for FP32 throughput and 109th of 143 for memory capacity. Its 236 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

Source: Wikipedia, revision 1369488585 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16