Radeon IGP 320M vs GeForce GTS 260M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Architecture | GT2xx (2009−2012) | Rage 7 (2001−2006) |
GPU code name | N10E-GS | RS100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Release date | 15 June 2009 (15 years ago) | 5 October 2002 (21 year ago) |
Current price | $230 | $184 |
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 96 | 2 |
CUDA cores | 96 | no data |
Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 2 MHz |
Boost clock speed | no data | 160 MHz |
Number of transistors | 727 million | 30 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 180 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 38 Watt | no data |
Texture fill rate | 17.60 | 0.16 |
Floating-point performance | 264 gflops | no data |
Gigaflops | 396 | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on GeForce GTS 260M and Radeon IGP 320M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
Laptop size | large | no data |
Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
SLI options | + | no data |
MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | no data |
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 | GDDR3, GDDR5 | System Shared |
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
Memory clock speed | Up to 2000 MHz | System Shared |
Memory bandwidth | 57.6 GB/s | no data |
Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
Display Connectors | HDMIVGADual Link DVIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS | No outputs |
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 7.0 |
Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 1.4 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
CUDA | + | no data |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 15 June 2009 | 5 October 2002 |
Chip lithography | 40 nm | 180 nm |
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 260M and Radeon IGP 320M. We've got no test results to judge.
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