Radeon R9 370 1024SP vs GeForce GTS 260M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GT215 | Trinidad |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 15 June 2009 (16 years ago) | 12 June 2015 (10 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 96 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 975 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 727 million | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 38 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.60 | 62.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.264 TFLOPS | 1.997 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 396 | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | 64 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 512 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 |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
| SLI options | + | - |
| 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 2000 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 57.6 GB/s | 179.2 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 | HDMIVGADual Link DVIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
| 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 and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 June 2009 | 12 June 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 38 Watt | 150 Watt |
GTS 260M has 294.7% lower power consumption.
R9 370 1024SP, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 260M and Radeon R9 370 1024SP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTS 260M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R9 370 1024SP is a desktop one.
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