GeForce 256 DDR vs Radeon 8060S
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 100 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 60.89 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 (2025−2026) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | Strix Halo | NV10 A3 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (1 year ago) | 23 December 1999 (26 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 | 2560 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1295 MHz | 120 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2900 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 34,000 million | 17 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 220 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 464.0 | 0.48 |
| ROPs | 64 | 4 |
| TMUs | 160 | 4 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 40 | no data |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | no data |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | no data |
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 | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | System Shared | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 150 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 4.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
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 | Portable Device Dependent | 1x VGA |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 7.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2025 | 23 December 1999 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 220 nm |
Radeon 8060S has an age advantage of 25 years, and a 5400% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 8060S and GeForce 256 DDR. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 8060S is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 256 DDR is a desktop one.
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