GeForce GTX 260 Overview

GeForce GTX 260
Memory: 896Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 16 Jun 2008
GeForce GTX 260

Core Configuration

GPU GT200
Architecture Nvidia_Tesla
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 192 : 64 : 28
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 476.90 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 896 Mb
Memory Bus Width 448 bit
Memory Speed 999 MHz
1998 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 112.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • Radeon HD 6510
    100%
  • Radeon HD 6570
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 280
    99%
  • Radeon HD 5730
    99%
  • Radeon HD 5690
    99%
  • Radeon HD 5670
    99%
  • Radeon HD 7660D IGP
    98%
  • GeForce GTS 450
    96%
  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7350B)
    88%
  • Radeon HD 8650D IGP
    88%
  • Radeon HD 6610
    83%
  • Radeon HD 6510
    83%
  • Radeon HD 6530
    83%
  • Radeon HD 6550D IGP
    76%
  • Radeon HD 4670
    76%
  • GeForce GTX 260
    76%
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    72%
  • GeForce 9800 GTX
    69%
  • HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
    69%
  • Radeon HD 3690
    68%
  • Radeon HD 3830
    68%
  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7700K)
    68%
  • Radeon HD 5570
    66%
  • Radeon HD 5630
    66%
  • GeForce GT 545
    66%
  • Radeon HD 8570D IGP
    65%
  • Radeon R6 Graphics IGP
    65%
  • Radeon HD 7560D IGP
    62%
  • Radeon R6 Graphics IGP
    62%
  • GeForce GTS 250
    62%

Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 260 is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 16 Jun 2008. The graphics card houses the GT200 die, based on the Nvidia_Tesla architecture which packs 1,400 million transistors on a 65 nm, 576 mm2 die.

GeForce GTX 260 pros and cons

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

GeForce GTX 260Radeon HD 6510Radeon HD 6570
GeForce GTX 260Radeon HD 6510Radeon HD 6570
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Shader units192480480
ROPs2888
Graphics processorGT200TurksTurks
Process size65 nm40 nm40 nm
Memory896 Mb GDDR3 (999 MHz
1998 MHz effective)
1024 Mb GDDR3 (500 MHz
1000 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width448 bit128 bit128 bit
Memory bandwidth112.00 Gb/s16.00 Gb/s64.00 Gb/s
Release date16 Jun 200814 May 201119 Apr 2011