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GeForce 200 series
Series of GPUs by Nvidia
Series of GPUs by Nvidia
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | GeForce 200 series |
| image | NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 DSC00997 (23791208991).jpg |
| caption | A Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 released in 2008, a higher-end model of the series; this one from ZOTAC |
| codename | GT200 |
| architecture | Tesla |
| created | |
| model | GeForce series |
| model1 | GeForce GT series |
| model2 | GeForce GTS series |
| model3 | GeForce GTX series |
| transistors | 505M 55nm (G94b) |
| transistors1 | 754M 55nm (G92b) |
| transistors2 | 260M 40nm (GT218) |
| transistors3 | 486M 40nm (GT216) |
| transistors4 | 727M 40nm (GT215) |
| transistors5 | 1,400M 65nm (GT200a) |
| transistors6 | 1,400M 55nm (GT200b) |
| entry | 205 |
| 210 | |
| G210 | |
| GT 220 | |
| GT 230 | |
| midrange | GT 240 |
| GTS 240 | |
| GTS 250 | |
| highend | GTX 260 |
| GTX 275 | |
| GTX 280 | |
| enthusiast | GTX 285 |
| GTX 295 | |
| openglversion | OpenGL 3.3 |
| d3dversion | Direct3D 10.0 or 10.1 |
| Shader Model 4.1 | |
| openclversion | OpenCL 1.1 |
| predecessor | GeForce 9 series |
| variant | GeForce 300 series |
| successor | GeForce 400 series |
| support status | Unsupported |
210 G210 GT 220 GT 230 GTS 240 GTS 250 GTX 275 GTX 280 GTX 295 Shader Model 4.1 The GeForce 200 series is a series of Tesla-based GeForce graphics processing units developed by Nvidia.
Architecture
Main article: Tesla (microarchitecture)
The GeForce 200 series introduced Nvidia's second generation of the Tesla microarchitecture, Nvidia's unified shader architecture; the first major update to it since introduced with the GeForce 8 series.
The GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 are based on the same processor core. During the manufacturing process, GTX chips were binned and separated through defect testing of the core's logic functionality. Those that failed to meet the GTX 280 hardware specification were re-tested and binned as GTX 260 (which is specified with fewer stream processors, fewer ROPs and a narrower memory bus).
In late 2008, Nvidia re-released the GTX 260 with 216 stream processors, up from 192. Effectively, there were two GTX 260 cards in production with non-trivial performance differences.
The GeForce 200 series GPUs (GT200a/b GPU), excluding GeForce GTS 250, GTS 240 GPUs (these are older G92b GPUs), have double precision support for use in GPGPU applications. GT200 GPUs also have improved performance in geometry shading.
, the GT200 is the seventh largest commercial GPU ever constructed, consisting of 1.4 billion transistors covering a 576 mm2 die surface area built on a 65 nm process. It is the fifth largest CMOS-logic chip that has been fabricated at the TSMC foundry. The GeForce 400 series have since superseded the GT200 chips in transistor count, but the original GT200 dies still exceed the GF100 die size. It is larger than even the Kepler-based GK210 GPU used in the Tesla K80, which has 7.1 billion transistors on a 561 mm2 die manufactured in 28 nm. The Ampere GA100 is currently the largest commercial GPU ever fabricated at 826 mm2 with 54.2 billion transistors.
Nvidia officially announced and released the retail version of the previously OEM only GeForce 210 (GT218 GPU) and GeForce GT 220 (GT216 GPU) on October 12, 2009. Nvidia officially announced and released the GeForce GT 240 (GT215 GPU) on November 17, 2009. The new 40nm GPUs feature the new PureVideo HD VP4 decoder hardware in them, as the older GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs only have PureVideo HD VP2 or VP3 (G98). They also support Compute Capability 1.2, whereas older GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs only supported Compute Capability 1.1. All GT21x GPUs also contain an audio processor inside and support eight-channel LPCM output through HDMI.
Chipset table
GeForce 200 series
All models support Coverage Sample Anti-Aliasing, Angle-Independent Anisotropic Filtering, 240-bit OpenEXR HDR.
- 1 Unified Shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units File:NVIDIA GeForce GTX285 G200b(Tesla) Stack-DSC03478-DSC03520 - ZS-PMax (23417560993).jpg|GeForce GTX 295 die (GT200-350-B3)
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Transistors (Million) | Die size (mm2) | Bus interface | Core config 1 | Clock rate | Fillrate | Memory configuration | API support (version) | Processing Power GFLOPS | TDP (watts) | Comments | Core (MHz) | Shader (MHz) | Memory (MHz) | Pixel (GP/s) | Texture (GT/s) | Size (MB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | DRAM type | Bus width (bit) | DirectX | OpenGL | Vulkan | GeForce 205 | GeForce 210 | GeForce GT 220 | GeForce GT 230 v.1 | GeForce GT 230 v.2 | GeForce GT 240 | GeForce GTS 240 | GeForce GTS 250 Green | GeForce GTS 250 | GeForce GTX 260 | GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 | GeForce GTX 275 | GeForce GTX 280 | GeForce GTX 285 | GeForce GTX 295 | Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Transistors (Million) | Die size (mm2) | Bus interface | Core config 1 | Clock rate | Fillrate | Memory configuration | API support (version) | Processing Power GFLOPS | TDP (watts) | Comments | Core (MHz) | Shader (MHz) | Memory (MHz) | Pixel (GP/s) | Texture (GT/s) | Size (MB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | DRAM type | Bus width (bit) | DirectX | OpenGL | Vulkan |
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| November 26, 2009 | GT218 | 40 | 260 | 57 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 8:4:4 | 589 | 1402 | 1000 | 2.356 | 2.356 | 512 | 8 | DDR2 | 64 | 10.1 | 3.3 | rowspan="15" | 33.4 | 30.5 | OEM only | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 12, 2009 | GT218 | 40 | 260 | 57 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PCIe x1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PCI | 16:8:4 | 520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 589 | 1230 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1402 | 1000–1600 | 2.356 | 4.712 | 512 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1024 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12.8 | DDR2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DDR3 | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 64 | 67.296 | 30.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 12, 2009 | GT216 | 40 | 486 | 100 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 48:16:8 | 615(OEM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 625 | 1335(OEM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1360 | 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1580 | 5 | 10 | 512 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1024 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25.3 | 128 | 192(OEM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 196 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | G94b | 55 | 505 | 196 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 48:24:16 | 650 | 1625 | 1800 | 10.4 | 15.6 | 512 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1024 | 57.6 | GDDR3 | 256 | 10 | 234 | 75 | OEM only | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | G92b | 55 | 754 | 260 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 96:48:12 | 500 | 1242 | 1000 | 6 | 24 | 1536 | 24 | DDR2 | 192 | 10 | 357.69 | 75 | OEM only | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 17, 2009 | GT215 | 40 | 727 | 139 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 96:32:8 | 550 | 1340 | 1800 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3400(GDDR5) | 4.4 | 17.6 | 512 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1024 | 28.8(OEM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 54.4(GDDR5) | DDR3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GDDR3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GDDR5 | 128 | 10.1 | 385.9 | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q4 2009 | G92a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G92b | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | 754 | 324 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 260 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 112:56:16 | 675 | 1620 | 2200 | 10.8 | 37.8 | 1024 | 70.4 | GDDR3 | 256 | 10.0 | 554.32 | 120 | OEM only | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | G92b | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | 754 | 260 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 128:64:16 | 702 | 1512 | 2000 | 11.2 | 44.9 | 512 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1024 | 64.0 | 256 | 581 | 130 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 3, 2009 | G92-428-B1 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | 754 | 260 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 128:64:16 | 738 | 1836 | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2200 | 11.808 | 47.232 | 512 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1024 | 64.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 70.4 | 256 | 705.024 | 150 | Some cards are rebranded GeForce 9800 GTX+ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 16, 2008 | GT200-100-A2 | 65 | 1400 | 576 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 192:64:28 | 576 | 1242 | 1998 | 16.128 | 36.864 | 896 (1792) | 111.9 | 448 | 715.392 | 202 | Replaced by GTX 260 Core 216 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 16, 2008 | GT200-103-A2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GT200-105-B3 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | 1400 | 576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 470 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 216:72:28 | 576 | 1242 | 1998 | 16.128 | 41.472 | 896 (1792) | 111.9 | 448 | 804.816 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 874.8 | 182 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 171 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 9, 2009 | GT200-400-B3 | 55 | 1400 | 470 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 240:80:28 | 633 | 1404 | 2268 | 17.724 | 50.6 | 896 | 127.0 | 448 | 1010.880 | 219 | Effectively one-half of the GTX 295 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 17, 2008 | GT200-300-A2 | 65 | 1400 | 576 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 240:80:32 | 602 | 1296 | 2214 | 19.264 | 48.16 | 1024 (2048*) | 141.7 | 512 | 933.120 | 236 | MSI launched a 2GB version. Replaced by GTX 285 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 15, 2009 | GT200-350-B3 | 55 | 1400 | 470 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 240:80:32 | 648 | 1476 | 2484 | 20.736 | 51.84 | 1024 (2048*) | 159.0 | 512 | 1062.72 | 204 | Palit, EVGA and BFG launched 2GB versions. EVGA GTX285 Classified can support 4-way SLI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 8, 2009 | 2× GT200-400-B3 | 55 | 2× 1400 | 2× 470 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 2× 240:80:28 | 576 | 1242 | 1998 | 2× 16.128 | 2× 46.08 | 2× 896 | 2× 111.9 | 2× 448 | 1788.480 | 289 | Dual PCB models were phased out in favor of a single PCB model with 2 GPUs |
Features
Compute Capability: 1.1 (G92 [GTS250] GPU)
Compute Capability: 1.2 (GT215, GT216, GT218 GPUs)
Compute Capability: 1.3 has double precision support for use in GPGPU applications. (GT200a/b GPUs only)
| Model | Features | Scalable Link Interface (SLI) | PureVideo 2 with VP2 | PureVideo 4 with VP4 Engine | GeForce 210 | GeForce GT 220 | GeForce GT 240 | GeForce GTS 250 | GeForce GTX 260 | GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 | GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 (55 nm) | GeForce GTX 275 | GeForce GTX 280 | GeForce GTX 285 | GeForce GTX 295 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="1" rowspan="3" | colspan="1" rowspan="3" | colspan="3" rowspan="3" | |||||||||||||
| rowspan="7" | |||||||||||||||
| 3-Way (4-way for EVGA 285 Classified) | colspan="1" rowspan="8" | colspan="1" rowspan="8" | |||||||||||||
GeForce 200M (2xxM) Series
The GeForce 200M Series is a graphics processor architecture for notebooks.
- 1 Unified Shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core config1 | Clock speed | Fillrate | Memory | API support (version) | Processing Power (GFLOPS) | TDP (watts) | Notes | Core (MHz) | Shader (MHz) | Memory (MHz) | Pixel (GP/s) | Texture (GT/s) | Size (MiB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) | DirectX | OpenGL | Vulkan | GeForce G210M | GeForce GT 220M | GeForce GT 230M | GeForce GT 240M | GeForce GTS 250M | GeForce GTS 260M | GeForce GTX 260M | GeForce GTX 280M | GeForce GTX 285M | Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core config1 | Clock speed | Fillrate | Memory | API support (version) | Processing Power (GFLOPS) | TDP (watts) | Notes | Core (MHz) | Shader (MHz) | Memory (MHz) | Pixel (GP/s) | Texture (GT/s) | Size (MiB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) | DirectX | OpenGL | Vulkan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 15, 2009 | GT218 | 40 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 16:8:4 | 625 | 1500 | 1600 | 2.5 | 5 | 512 | 12.8 | GDDR3 | 64 | 10.1 | 3.3 | rowspan=9 | 72 | 14 | Lower clocked versions of the GT218 core is also known as Nvidia ION 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | G96b | 55 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 32:16:8 | 500 | 1250 | 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1600 | 4 | 8 | 1024 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25.6 | DDR2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GDDR3 | 128 | 10.0 | 120 | 14 | Rebranded 9600M GT @55 nm node shrink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 15, 2009 | GT216 | 40 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 48:16:8 | 500 | 1100 | 1600 | 4 | 8 | 1024 | 25.6 | GDDR3 | 128 | 10.1 | 158 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 15, 2009 | GT216 | 40 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 48:16:8 | 550 | 1210 | 1600 | 4.4 | 8.8 | 1024 | 25.6 | GDDR3 | 128 | 174 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 15, 2009 | GT215 | 40 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 96:32:8 | 500 | 1250 | 3200 | 4 | 16 | 1024 | 51.2 | GDDR5 | 128 | 360 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 15, 2009 | GT215 | 40 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 96:32:8 | 550 | 1375 | 3600 | 4.4 | 17.6 | 1024 | 57.6 | GDDR5 | 128 | 396 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 3, 2009 | G92b | 55 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 112:56:16 | 550 | 1375 | 1900 | 8.8 | 30.8 | 1024 | 60.8 | GDDR3 | 256 | 10.0 | 462 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 3, 2009 | G92b | 55 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 128:64:16 | 585 | 1463 | 1900 | 9.36 | 37.44 | 1024 | 60.8 | GDDR3 | 256 | 562 | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| February 1, 2010 | G92b | 55 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 128:64:16 | 600 | 1500 | 2000 | 9.6 | 38.4 | 1024 | 64.0 | GDDR3 | 256 | 576 | 75 | Higher clocked version of GTX280M with improved memory |
Support
Nvidia ceased driver support for GeForce 200 series on April 1, 2016.
- Windows XP 32-bit & Media Center Edition: version 340.52 released on July 29, 2014; Download
- Windows XP 64-bit: version 340.52 released on July 29, 2014; Download
- Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 32-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; Download
- Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 64-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; Download
- Windows 10, 32-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; Download
- Windows 10, 64-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; Download
- Linux, 64-bit: version 340.108 released on December 23, 2019; Download
Gallery
File:NVIDIA GeForce GTX285 G200b(Tesla) DSC01195 (23417563943).jpg|Nvidia GeForce GTX 285, displaying PCB, die and de-lidded heat-spreader File:Gtx260.jpg|Nvidia GeForce GTX 260, manufactured by NVIDIA board-partner XFX File:Carte graphique Asus nVidia GTX280.jpg|Nvidia GeForce GTX 280, manufactured by NVIDIA board-partner ASUS File:Inno3D GeForce GT240.JPG|Nvidia GeForce GT 240, manufactured by NVIDIA board-partner Inno3D File:Grafikkarte N260GTX IMGP6200 wp.jpg|Nvidia GeForce GTX 260, manufactured by NVIDIA board-partner MSI File:PNY GeForce 210 1 GB (GF210LP1GESB).jpg|Nvidia GeForce 210, manufactured by NVIDIA board-partner PNY File:MSI GeForce 210.jpg|A half-height 210 by MSI
References
References
- Wilson, Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek. "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216: Competition for the 4870".
- Wilson, Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek. "NVIDIA's 1.4 Billion Transistor GPU: GT200 Arrives as the GeForce GTX 280 & 260".
- "NVIDIA Launches Tesla K80, GK210 GPU".
- "NVIDIA Ampere Unleashed: NVIDIA Announces New GPU Architecture, A100 GPU, and Accelerator".
- "NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 Specs".
- "Does the GTX260 (1.8GB version) have any direct competition?".
- [http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3473 EOL driver support for legacy products]
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