Quadro T2000 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated261
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data23.88
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT200BTU117
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date23 July 2008 (16 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 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 cores1921024
Core clock speed576 MHz1575 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1785 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate36.86114.2
Floating-point processing power0.4769 TFLOPS3.656 TFLOPS
ROPs2832
TMUs6464

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 3.0 x16
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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount896 MB4 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s128.0 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.37.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2008 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 60 Watt

T2000 Mobile has an age advantage of 10 years, a 357.1% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 358.3% more advanced lithography process, and 203.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 and Quadro T2000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Quadro T2000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2
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