GeForce GTX 260M SLI: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 3.24% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 260M SLI sales 2 March 2009. This is a G9x architecture notebook card based on 55 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 2 GB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 950 GHz are supplied.
Power consumption is at 150 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 260M SLI: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | 702 | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Value for money | 0.93 | |
Architecture | G9x (2007−2010) | |
GPU code name | NB9E-GTX | |
Market segment | Laptop | |
Release date | 2 March 2009 (15 years ago) | |
Current price | $149 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
GeForce GTX 260M SLI's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 260M SLI's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 224 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Core clock speed | 550 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 1508 Million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Size and compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 260M SLI's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
Laptop size | large |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 260M SLI: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | GDDR3 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 950 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Shared memory | - |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 260M SLI, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 10 | |
CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 260M SLI. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good GeForce GTX 260M SLI is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2 | |
Battlefield 5 | 8−9 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 12−14 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | |
Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10 | |
Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 7−8 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−11 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2 | |
Battlefield 5 | 8−9 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 12−14 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | |
Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10 | |
Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6 | |
Metro Exodus | 4−5 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 7−8 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−11 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2 | |
Battlefield 5 | 8−9 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | |
Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
1440p
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 6−7 | |
Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−11 | |
Metro Exodus | 1−2 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4 |
4K
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4 | |
Hitman 3 | 3−4 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 7−8 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | |
Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 6−7 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 260M SLI is Radeon 630, which is faster by 1% and higher by 3 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 260M SLI:
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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