Arc A570M vs GeForce GTX 260 216

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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)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGT200DG2-256
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 September 2008 (16 years ago)1 August 2023 (1 year 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 cores2162048
Core clock speed576 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1300 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate41.47166.4
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPS5.325 TFLOPS
ROPs2864
TMUs72128
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 x8
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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount896 MB8 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s224.0 GB/s
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 September 2008 1 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 75 Watt

Arc A570M has an age advantage of 14 years, a 814.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 983.3% more advanced lithography process, and 142.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and Arc A570M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is a desktop card while Arc A570M is a notebook one.


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