NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

590
Place in performance rating
401
14.78
Value for money (0-100)
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Tesla 2.0
Architecture
Fermi
GT200
Code name
N11E-GS
Desktop
Type
Laptop
16 June 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
3 September 2010 (11 years ago)
$449
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$112 (0.2x MSRP)
Price now
$149
1.07
Value for money
3.88
GT200
GPU code name
N11E-GS
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
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10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Length
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2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
896 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2x1536 MB
448 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
999 MHz
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
111.9 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVIHDTV
Display Connectors
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+
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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+
HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
+
+
CUDA
+
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Optimus
+
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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DirectCompute
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
2.1
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Cheaper ($112 (0.2x MSRP) vs $149)

More maximum RAM amount (896 MB vs 2x1536 MB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI

5.59% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

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