Tegra 3 vs GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | VLIW Vec4 (2010−2013) |
| GPU code name | GT200B | Tegra 3 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 23 July 2008 (17 years ago) | 9 November 2011 (14 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 cores | 192 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 576 MHz | 416 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 10 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 182 Watt | 20 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 36.86 | 4.160 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4769 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 28 | 8 |
| TMUs | 64 | 8 |
| L2 Cache | 224 KB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | no 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 type | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 896 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 448 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 999 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 111.9 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | ES 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.3 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 July 2008 | 9 November 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 182 Watt | 20 Watt |
Tegra 3 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 810% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 and Tegra 3. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 is a desktop graphics card while Tegra 3 is a notebook one.
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