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GeForce 200 series#Technical summary

{{Short description|Series of GPUs by Nvidia}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{more citations needed|date=May 2017}}

{{Infobox GPU

| 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 = {{start date and age|June 16, 2008}}

| 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

}}

The GeForce 200 series is a series of Tesla-based GeForce graphics processing units developed by Nvidia.

Architecture

{{Main|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.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek |title=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216: Competition for the 4870 |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/2619 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=www.anandtech.com}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek |title=NVIDIA's 1.4 Billion Transistor GPU: GT200 Arrives as the GeForce GTX 280 & 260 |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/2549 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=www.anandtech.com}} GT200 GPUs also have improved performance in geometry shading.

{{As of|2018|8}}, 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.{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Ryan|title=NVIDIA Launches Tesla K80, GK210 GPU|url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/8729/nvidia-launches-tesla-k80-gk210-gpu|website=AnandTech|access-date=January 9, 2015}} The Ampere GA100 is currently the largest commercial GPU ever fabricated at 826 mm2 with 54.2 billion transistors.{{cite web| url = https://www.anandtech.com/show/15801/nvidia-announces-ampere-architecture-and-a100-products| title = NVIDIA Ampere Unleashed: NVIDIA Announces New GPU Architecture, A100 GPU, and Accelerator}}

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.

File:NVIDIA GeForce GTX285 G200b(Tesla) Stack-DSC03478-DSC03520 - ZS-PMax (23417560993).jpg|GeForce GTX 295 die (GT200-350-B3)

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class="wikitable sortable sort-under mw-datatable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"
rowspan=2 | Model

! rowspan=2 | Launch

! rowspan=2 | Code name

! rowspan=2 | Fab (nm)

! rowspan=2 | Transistors (Million)

! rowspan=2 | Die size (mm2)

! rowspan=2 | Bus interface

! rowspan=2 | Core config 1

! colspan=3 | Clock rate

! colspan=2 | Fillrate

! colspan=4 | Memory configuration

! colspan=3 | API support (version)

! rowspan=2 | Processing Power GFLOPS

! rowspan=2 | TDP (watts)

! rowspan=2 | 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

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce 205

| 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

| rowspan="3" | 10.1

| rowspan="15" | 3.3

| rowspan="15" {{n/a}}

| 33.4

| 30.5

| OEM only

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce 210

| 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

| rowspan="2" | DDR2
DDR3

| 32
64

| 67.296

| 30.5

|

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GT 220

| 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

|

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GT 230 v.1

| 2009

| G94b

| 55

| 505

| 196{{Cite web | url=http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/617/geforce-gt-230.html | title=NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 Specs }}

| 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

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GT 230 v.2

| 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

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GT 240

| 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

|

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTS 240

| 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

| rowspan="9" | GDDR3

| 256

| rowspan="9" | 10.0

| 554.32

| 120

| OEM only

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTS 250 Green

| 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

|

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTS 250

| 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+

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTX 260

| 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){{Cite web | url=http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=321861 | title=Does the GTX260 (1.8GB version) have any direct competition? }}

| 111.9

| 448

| 715.392

| 202

| Replaced by GTX 260 Core 216

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce 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

|

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTX 275

| 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

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTX 280

| 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

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce 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

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTX 295

| 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

rowspan="2" |Model

! rowspan="2" |Launch

! rowspan="2" |Code name

! rowspan="2" |Fab (nm)

! rowspan="2" |Transistors (Million)

! rowspan="2" |Die size (mm2)

! rowspan="2" |Bus interface

! rowspan="2" |Core config 1

! colspan="3" |Clock rate

! colspan="2" |Fillrate

! colspan="4" |Memory configuration

! colspan="3" |API support (version)

! rowspan="2" |Processing Power GFLOPS

! rowspan="2" |TDP (watts)

! rowspan="2" |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

==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)

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"
rowspan=2 | Model

! colspan=8 | Features

Scalable Link Interface (SLI)

! PureVideo 2 with VP2

Engine: (BSP and 240 AES)

! PureVideo 4 with VP4 Engine

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce 210

| colspan="1" rowspan="3" {{no}}

| colspan="1" rowspan="3" {{no}}

| colspan="3" rowspan="3" {{yes}}

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GT 220
style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GT 240
style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTS 250

| rowspan="7" {{yes}}
3-Way (4-way for EVGA 285 Classified)

| colspan="1" rowspan="8" {{yes}}

| colspan="1" rowspan="8" {{no}}

style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTX 260
style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 (55 nm)
style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTX 275
style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTX 280
style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTX 285
style="text-align:left;"| GeForce GTX 295

| {{yes}}

=GeForce 200M (2xxM) Series=

The GeForce 200M Series is a graphics processor architecture for notebooks.

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rowspan=2 | Model

! rowspan=2 | Launch

! rowspan=2 | Code name

! rowspan=2 | Fab (nm)

! rowspan=2 | Bus interface

! rowspan=2 | Core config1

! colspan=3 | Clock speed

! colspan=2 | Fillrate

! colspan=4 | Memory

! colspan=3 | API support (version)

! rowspan=2 | Processing Power (GFLOPS)

! rowspan=2 | TDP (watts)

! rowspan=2 | 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

style="text-align:left;" | GeForce G210M

| 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

| rowspan="9" | 3.3

| rowspan=9 {{n/a}}

| 72

| 14

| Lower clocked versions of the GT218 core is also known as Nvidia ION 2

style="text-align:left;" | GeForce GT 220M

| 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

style="text-align:left;" | GeForce GT 230M

| June 15, 2009

| GT216

| 40

| PCIe 2.0 x16

| 48:16:8

| 500

| 1100

| 1600

| 4

| 8

| 1024

| 25.6

| GDDR3

| 128

| rowspan="4" | 10.1

| 158

| 23

|

style="text-align:left;" | GeForce GT 240M

| 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

|

style="text-align:left;" | GeForce GTS 250M

| June 15, 2009

| GT215

| 40

| PCIe 2.0 x16

| 96:32:8

| 500

| 1250

| 3200

| 4

| 16

| 1024

| 51.2

| GDDR5

| 128

| 360

| 28

|

style="text-align:left;" | GeForce GTS 260M

| 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

|

style="text-align:left;" | GeForce GTX 260M

| March 3, 2009

| G92b

| 55

| PCIe 2.0 x16

| 112:56:16

| 550

| 1375

| 1900

| 8.8

| 30.8

| 1024

| 60.8

| GDDR3

| 256

| rowspan="3" | 10.0

| 462

| 65

|

style="text-align:left;" | GeForce GTX 280M

| 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

|

style="text-align:left;" | GeForce GTX 285M

| 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

rowspan="2" |Model

! rowspan="2" |Launch

! rowspan="2" |Code name

! rowspan="2" |Fab (nm)

! rowspan="2" |Bus interface

! rowspan="2" |Core config1

! colspan="3" |Clock speed

! colspan="2" |Fillrate

! colspan="4" |Memory

! colspan="3" |API support (version)

! rowspan="2" |Processing Power (GFLOPS)

! rowspan="2" |TDP (watts)

! rowspan="2" |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

Discontinued support

Nvidia ceased driver support for GeForce 200 series on April 1, 2016.[http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3473 EOL driver support for legacy products]

  • Windows XP 32-bit & Media Center Edition: version 340.52 released on July 29, 2014; [http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/77225/en-us Download]
  • Windows XP 64-bit: version 340.52 released on July 29, 2014; [http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/77226/en-us Download]
  • Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 32-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; [http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/112593/en-us Download]
  • Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 64-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; [http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/112594/en-us Download]
  • Windows 10, 32-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; [http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/112595/en-us Download]
  • Windows 10, 64-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; [http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/112596/en-us Download]
  • Linux, 64-bit: version 340.108 released on December 23, 2019; [https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/156163/en-us 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

See also

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Nvidia GeForce 200 series video cards|GeForce 200 series}}

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  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_295_us.html GeForce GTX 295]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_285_us.html GeForce GTX 285]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_280_us.html GeForce GTX 280]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_275_us.html GeForce GTX 275]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_260_us.html GeForce GTX 260]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gts_250_us.html GeForce GTS 250]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gts_240_us.html GeForce GTS 240 (OEM)]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gt_240_us.html GeForce GT 240]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gt_220_us.html GeForce GT 220]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_210_us.html GeForce 210]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_205_us.html GeForce 205]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20161119093939/http://graphicsspecs.com/evga-geforce-gtx-295-drivers/ GeForce GTX 295]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_285m_us.html GeForce GTX 285M]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_280m_us.html GeForce GTX 280M]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_260m_us.html GeForce GTX 260M]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gts_260m_us.html GeForce GTS 260M]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gts_250m_us.html GeForce GTS 250M]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gt_240m_us.html GeForce GT 240M]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gt_230m_us.html GeForce GT 230M]
  • [http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_g210m_us.html GeForce G210M]
  • [http://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-nsight-visual-studio-edition Nvidia Nsight]

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