AMD Radeon Vega 6
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon Vega 6
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon Vega 6 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
590
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Value for money (0-100)
14.78
GCN 5.1
Architecture
Tesla 2.0
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Code name
GT200
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Type
Desktop
13 April 2021 (less than a year ago)
Release date
16 June 2008 (13 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$449
$599
Price now
$112 (0.2x MSRP)
2.31
Value for money
1.07
Cezanne
GPU code name
GT200
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon Vega 6 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
192
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Core clock speed
576 MHz
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Transistor count
1,400 million
7 nm
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
40.80
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
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CUDA cores
192
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
1700 MHz
Boost clock speed
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9,800 million
Number of transistors
1,400 million
45 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
182 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon Vega 6 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260.

IGP
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
None
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
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SLI options
+
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Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

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 Radeon Vega 6 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 can be seen in this section.

System Shared
Memory type
GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
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Memory bus width
448 Bit
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Memory clock speed
999 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon Vega 6 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
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Multi monitor support
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon Vega 6 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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CUDA
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon Vega 6 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
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OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon Vega 6 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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 Radeon Vega 6 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon Vega 6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon Vega 6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon Vega 6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon Vega 6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon Vega 6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
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 Radeon Vega 6

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 65 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

0.92% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($112 (0.2x MSRP) vs $599)

So, AMD Radeon Vega 6 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260?

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

AMD Radeon Vega 6 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon Vega 6
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260