GeForce GTX 260 OEM vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 701 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.03 | no data |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | Broadway-XT | GT200 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (16 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 | 1600 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 518 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 33.15 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.4147 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 28 |
| TMUs | no data | 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 229 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x1 GB | 1792 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 448 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1008 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 112.9 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | no data | 2x DVI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 150 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has a 63% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and GeForce GTX 260 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTX 260 OEM is a desktop one.
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