ATI Xbox 360 S GPU vs GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGT200BXenos Vejle
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 July 2008 (16 years ago)19 June 2010 (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 cores192240
Core clock speed576 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million372 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt133 Watt
Texture fill rate36.868.000
Floating-point processing power0.4769 TFLOPS0.24 TFLOPS
ROPs288
TMUs6416

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 x16IGP
Length267 mm260 mm
Width2-slotIGP
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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount896 MB512 MB
Memory bus width448 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s22.4 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2008 19 June 2010
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 133 Watt

GTX 260 Rev. 2 has a 75% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI Xbox 360 S GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 22.2% more advanced lithography process, and 36.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 and Xbox 360 S GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2
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