Radeon RX 5800 vs GeForce GTX 260 216 Rev. 2

GTX 260 GTX 260 Core 216 GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 GTX 260 OEM GTX 260 Rev. 2 GTX 275 GTX 280 GTX 285 GTX 295 GTX 660 GTX 750 Ti GTX 960
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Radeon RX 5500 Radeon RX 5500 XT Radeon RX 5600 OEM Radeon RX 5600 XT Radeon RX 5700 Radeon RX 5700 XT Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Radeon RX 5800 Radeon RX 5800 XT Radeon RX 5900 Radeon RX 5900 XT Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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GTX 260 216 Rev. 2 GTX 260 216 Rev. 2
RX 5800 RX 5800

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)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGT200BNavi 23
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 November 2008 (15 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
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 cores2163072
Core clock speed576 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1735 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt275 Watt
Texture fill rate41.47333.1
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPS10.66 TFLOPS
ROPs2864
TMUs72192

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 8-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount896 MB8 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s448.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary

Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 171 Watt 275 Watt

GTX 260 216 Rev. 2 has 60.8% lower power consumption.

RX 5800, on the other hand, has a 814.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX 5800. We've got no test results to judge.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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