HD Graphics 12EU vs GeForce GTX 260 216

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Generation 5.75 (2010)
GPU code name	GT200	Ironlake
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 September 2008 (17 years ago)	10 January 2010 (16 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 cores	216	96
Core clock speed	576 MHz	533 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	177 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	182 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	41.47	6.396
Floating-point processing power	0.5365 TFLOPS	0.1023 TFLOPS
ROPs	28	2
TMUs	72	12
L2 Cache	224 KB	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	QPI
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	448 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	999 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Motherboard Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	10.1
Shader Model	4.0	4.1
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.3	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 September 2008	10 January 2010
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	182 Watt	35 Watt