GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

GeForce GTX 260
Memory: 896Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 16 Jun 2008
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
Memory: 1280Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Nov 2011
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 260

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 260GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
GPU NameGT200 (G200-100-A2)vsGF110 (GF110-270-A1)
Fab Process65 nmvs40 nm
Die Size576 mm²vs520 mm²
Transistors1,400 millionvs3,000 million
Shaders192vs448
Compute Units8vs14
Core clock576 MHzvs732 MHz
ROPs28vs40
TMUs64vs56

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 260GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
Memory TypeGDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width448 bitvs320 bit
Memory Speed999 MHz
1998 MHz effective
vs950 MHz
3800 MHz effective
Memory Size896 Mbvs1280 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 260GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
TDP182 wattsvs210 watts
Release Date16 Jun 2008vs29 Nov 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 260
    16.10 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
    20.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 260
    36.90 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
    41.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 260
    112.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
    152.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 260
    476.90 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
    1312.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better