GeForce FX 5700 VE vs 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)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGT200NV36
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 September 2008 (16 years ago)1 September 2004 (20 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 cores216no data
Core clock speed576 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million82 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Wattno data
Texture fill rate41.471.000
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPSno data
ROPs284
TMUs724

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 x16AGP 8x
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount896 MB128 MB
Memory bus width448 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s6.4 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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0a
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 September 2008 1 September 2004
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 130 nm

GTX 260 216 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 600% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and GeForce FX 5700 VE. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
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