GeForce GTX 260 OEM vs 7350 LE
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1488 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | G72 | GT200 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 March 2006 (20 years ago) | 8 December 2009 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 518 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 112 million | 1,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.800 | 33.15 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.4147 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 28 |
| TMUs | 4 | 64 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 224 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 229 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 1792 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 448 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 1008 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | 112.9 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 March 2006 | 8 December 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 1792 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 65 nm |
GTX 260 OEM has an age advantage of 3 years, a 1300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 38% more advanced lithography process.
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