Radeon Picasso vs GeForce GTX 260 216 Rev. 2

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGT200BPicasso
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 November 2008 (17 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores216640
Core clock speed576 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1301 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate41.4752.04
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPS1.665 TFLOPS
ROPs288
TMUs7240
L2 Cache224 KBno 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount896 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width448 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed999 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/sno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 171 Watt 10 Watt

Picasso has a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1610% lower power consumption.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
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