NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7990
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7990

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M and AMD Radeon HD 7990. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

860
Place in performance rating
238
no data
Value for money (0-100)
6.43
G9x
Architecture
GCN 1.0
G92
Code name
Malta
Laptop
Type
Desktop
2 March 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
24 April 2013 (8 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$999
$109
Price now
$1099 (1.1x MSRP)
0.13
Value for money
2.55
N10E-GT
GPU code name
Malta
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M and AMD Radeon HD 7990 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

112
Pipelines
2048
550 MHz
Core clock speed
950 MHz
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Boost Clock
1000 MHz
754 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
375 Watt
31 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
128.0
308 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 4,096 gflops
112
CUDA cores
no data
462
Gigaflops
no data
112
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
no data
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
754 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
65 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
375 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M and AMD Radeon HD 7990.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
307 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
large
Laptop size
no data
2-way
SLI options
no data
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
MXM 3.0 Type-B
MXM Type
no data

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 260M and AMD Radeon HD 7990 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
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Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
61 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M and AMD Radeon HD 7990, the size and number of monitors.

DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M and AMD Radeon HD 7990 is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data
+
HybridPower
no data
+
PureVideo HD
no data
8.0
Power management
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M and AMD Radeon HD 7990. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
N/A
Vulkan
no data
4.0
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M and AMD Radeon HD 7990 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 260M or AMD Radeon HD 7990 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
AMD Radeon HD 7990
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
AMD Radeon HD 7990
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
AMD Radeon HD 7990
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
AMD Radeon HD 7990
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
AMD Radeon HD 7990
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 260M

Cheaper ($109 vs $1099 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (65 Watt vs 375 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7990

23.47% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 112)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (288.0 GB/s vs 61 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M or AMD Radeon HD 7990?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7990 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M versus AMD Radeon HD 7990 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 7990