GeForce RTX 4080 vs GTX 260M SLI

Place in the ranking	739	3
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	28.97
Power efficiency	1.53	19.57
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	NB9E-GTX	AD103
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	224	9728
Core clock speed	550 MHz	2205 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2505 MHz
Number of transistors	1508 Million	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	320 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	761.5
Floating-point processing power	no data	48.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	112
TMUs	no data	304
Tensor Cores	no data	304
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	76

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	310 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	950 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	716.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	no data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GTX 260M SLI 3.29

RTX 4080 89.77
+2629%

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.

GTX 260M SLI 8959

RTX 4080 143194
+1498%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	8−9 −2925%	242 +2925%
1440p	6−7 −2633%	164 +2633%
4K	4−5 −2675%	111 +2675%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	4.95
1440p	no data	7.31
4K	no data	10.80

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−3750%

231
+3750%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1730%	180−190 +1730%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −26100%	262 +26100%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −3967%	240−250 +3967%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −3750%	231 +3750%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1867%	110−120 +1867%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −2133%	200−210 +2133%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1471%	260−270 +1471%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1513%	120−130 +1513%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −1274%	300−350 +1274%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −3775%	150−160 +3775%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1450%	120−130 +1450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −3008%	400−450 +3008%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −285%	150−160 +285%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1730%	180−190 +1730%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −21600%	217 +21600%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −3967%	240−250 +3967%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −3400%	210 +3400%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1867%	110−120 +1867%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −2133%	200−210 +2133%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1471%	260−270 +1471%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1513%	120−130 +1513%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −1274%	300−350 +1274%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −3775%	150−160 +3775%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1450%	120−130 +1450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −3838%	512 +3838%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1371%	200−210 +1371%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −285%	150−160 +285%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1730%	180−190 +1730%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −18800%	189 +18800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −3067%	190 +3067%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1867%	110−120 +1867%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1471%	260−270 +1471%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1513%	120−130 +1513%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −1622%	396 +1622%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −3592%	480 +3592%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1750%	259 +1750%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −310%	164 +310%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−1450%

120−130
+1450%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −3220%	160−170 +3220%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −2140%	110−120 +2140%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3600%	110−120 +3600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4000%	80−85 +4000%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −6350%	129 +6350%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2000%	80−85 +2000%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1538%	130−140 +1538%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −4050%	332 +4050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −9450%	191 +9450%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −1163%	240−250 +1163%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−1743%

120−130
+1743%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −8700%	85−90 +8700%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −3350%	65−70 +3350%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −3950%	80−85 +3950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −9900%	100 +9900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −5100%	50−55 +5100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −19800%	190−200 +19800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −8600%	87 +8600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−2675%

110−120
+2675%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	153 +0%	153 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Metro Exodus	149 +0%	149 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	390 +0%	390 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	187 +0%	187 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	63 +0%	63 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	195 +0%	195 +0%

This is how GTX 260M SLI and RTX 4080 compete in popular games:

RTX 4080 is 2925% faster in 1080p
RTX 4080 is 2633% faster in 1440p
RTX 4080 is 2675% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 4080 is 26100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 4080 is ahead in 62 tests (86%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.29	89.77
Recency	2 March 2009	20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	320 Watt

GTX 260M SLI has 113.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4080, on the other hand, has a 2628.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4080 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 260M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4080 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.