RTX A1000 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 260 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated219
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.74
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGT200BGA107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date8 December 2009 (14 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores1922048
Core clock speed518 MHz630 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1140 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate33.1572.96
Floating-point processing power0.4147 TFLOPS4.669 TFLOPS
ROPs2832
TMUs6464
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
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 MB4 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1008 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.9 GB/s176.0 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-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.38.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 December 2009 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 60 Watt

RTX A1000 Mobile has an age advantage of 12 years, a 128.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 587.5% more advanced lithography process, and 203.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 OEM and RTX A1000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 OEM is a desktop card while RTX A1000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
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