GeForce2 MX vs GeForce GTX 260

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	826	1600
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.14	no data
Power efficiency	1.21	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GT200	NV11 A2
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 June 2008 (17 years ago)	28 June 2000 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	175 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	182 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	36.86	0.7
Floating-point processing power	0.4769 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	28	2
TMUs	64	4
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	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	32 MB
Memory bus width	448 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	999 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB/s	2.656 GB/s

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	Dual Link DVIHDTV	1x VGA
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	7.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	1.2
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 June 2008	28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	32 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	180 nm