T600 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 rated320
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data29.12
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT200TU117
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date16 September 2008 (16 years ago)6 May 2021 (3 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 cores216640
Core clock speed576 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1335 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate41.4753.40
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPS1.709 TFLOPS
ROPs2832
TMUs7240

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 3.0 x16
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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount896 MB4 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s160.0 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-Video4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.37.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 September 2008 6 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 40 Watt

T600 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 357.1% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 441.7% more advanced lithography process, and 355% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and T600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is a desktop card while T600 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
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