Radeon RX Vega 9 vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated568
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.75
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameGT200BVega Raven Ridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 November 2008 (15 years ago)26 October 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data
Current priceno data$302

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores216576
Core clock speed576 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1300 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate41.47no data
Floating-point performance536.5 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX Vega 9 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount896 MBno data
Memory bus width448 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1998 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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-Videono data

API compatibility

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

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

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 November 2008 26 October 2017
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 171 Watt 15 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX Vega 9. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
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