RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation vs GeForce GTX 260 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGT200BAD107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 December 2009 (14 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Current price$117 no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1922560
Core clock speed518 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate33.15162.0
Floating-point performance414.7 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 260 OEM and RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

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 amount1792 MB6 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed2016 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth112.9 GB/s192.0 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-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.38.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 December 2009 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 35 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 OEM and RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 OEM is a desktop card while RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
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