Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB 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 rated78
Place by popularitynot in top-10070
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data81.18
Power efficiencyno data22.74
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)RDNA 4.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGT200Navi 44
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 September 2008 (16 years ago)4 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speedno data3130 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million29,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate41.47400.6
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPS25.64 TFLOPS
ROPs2864
TMUs72128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 5.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 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 MB16 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz2518 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s322.3 GB/s
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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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1b, 2x DisplayPort 2.1a
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.8
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.2
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 September 2008 4 June 2025
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 160 Watt

RX 9060 XT 16 GB has an age advantage of 16 years, a 1728.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1525% more advanced lithography process, and 13.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

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