GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GA103 vs GTX 260
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 765 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.14 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.18 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | GT200 | GA103S |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 16 June 2008 (16 years ago) | 23 February 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | $399 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 4864 |
| Core clock speed | 576 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1665 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 182 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 36.86 | 253.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4769 TFLOPS | 16.2 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 28 | 80 |
| TMUs | 64 | 152 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 152 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 38 |
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 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 242 mm |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 896 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 448 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 999 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 111.9 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 Connectors | Dual Link DVIHDTV | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 June 2008 | 23 February 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 896 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 182 Watt | 200 Watt |
GTX 260 has 9.9% lower power consumption.
RTX 3060 Ti GA103, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 814.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GA103. We've got no test results to judge.
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