NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6770
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6770

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon HD 6770. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

590
Place in performance rating
588
14.78
Value for money (0-100)
18.49
Tesla 2.0
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GT200
Code name
Juniper
Desktop
Type
Desktop
16 June 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
21 January 2011 (10 years ago)
$449
Launch price (MSRP)
$129
$112 (0.2x MSRP)
Price now
$206 (1.6x MSRP)
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Design
reference
1.07
Value for money
0.59
GT200
GPU code name
Juniper
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon HD 6770 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
800
576 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
900 MHz
1,400 million
Transistor count
1,040 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
182 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
108 Watt
36.9 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
34.00
476.9 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,360.0 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
192
CUDA cores
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192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
800
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Boost clock speed
900 MHz
1,400 million
Number of transistors
1,040 million
182 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
108 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon HD 6770.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Length
198 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
+
SLI options
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Bus support
PCIe 2.0 x16
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon HD 6770 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
896 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
448 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
999 MHz
Memory clock speed
1050 MHz
111.9 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
76.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon HD 6770, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVIHDTV
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
+
Multi monitor support
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
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Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon HD 6770 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
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CUDA
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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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Enduro
-

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon HD 6770. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
2.1
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
5.0
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon HD 6770 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 6770 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 6770
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 6770
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 6770
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 6770
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 6770
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Cheaper ($112 (0.2x MSRP) vs $206 (1.6x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (896 MB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (111.9 GB/s vs 76.8 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6770

0.079999999999999% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (800 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

Less power consumption (108 Watt vs 182 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 6770?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6770 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 versus AMD Radeon HD 6770 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 6770