AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI
AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI

General info

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

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Place in performance rating
426
GCN 4.0
Architecture
G9x
Baffin
Code name
NB9E-GTX
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
2 March 2009 (12 years ago)
$78
Price now
$149
4.0
GCN generation
no data
no data
Value for money
3.15
Baffin
GPU code name
NB9E-GTX
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

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

1024
Pipelines
224
855 MHz
Core clock speed
550 MHz
1200 MHz
Boost Clock
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3,000 million
Transistor count
1508 Million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
80 W
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
224
3,000 million
Number of transistors
1508 Million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI.

Laptop size
large

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 AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI can be seen in this section.

Memory type
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
950 MHz
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI, the size and number of monitors.

Technologies

The difference between AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI is the additional functionality.

CUDA
+
HybridPower
+
PureVideo HD
+

API support

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

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
4.6
OpenGL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI 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 AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI
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 AMD Baffin

Cheaper ($78 vs $149)

More pipelines (1024 vs 224)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (80 W vs 150 Watt)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI

10.03% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI .

AMD Baffin versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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