GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile vs GTX 260M

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 260M and GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 260M
2009
1 GB GDDR3, 65 Watt
0.86

3070 Mobile outperforms 260M by a whopping 3678% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1170165
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.0722.78
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameG92GA104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 March 2009 (16 years ago)12 January 2021 (4 years ago)

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 cores1125120
Core clock speed550 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1560 MHz
Number of transistors754 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate30.80249.6
Floating-point processing power0.308 TFLOPS15.97 TFLOPS
Gigaflops462no data
ROPs1680
TMUs56160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40
L1 Cacheno data5 MB
L2 Cache64 KB4 MB

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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
SLI options2-way-
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 950 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth61 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 ConnectorsDisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMINo outputs
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+8.6
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

GTX 260M 0.86
RTX 3070 Mobile 32.49
+3678%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 260M 380
Samples: 331
RTX 3070 Mobile 14364
+3680%
Samples: 7134

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 4901
RTX 3070 Mobile 77148
+1474%

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 HD29
−286%
112
+286%
1440p1−2
−6900%
70
+6900%
4K1−2
−4400%
45
+4400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−5850%
119
+5850%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
−1517%
97
+1517%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−5250%
107
+5250%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−11800%
119
+11800%
Fortnite 1−2
−15300%
150−160
+15300%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−3050%
189
+3050%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 144
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
−1367%
88
+1367%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−1444%
130−140
+1444%
Valorant 30−35
−577%
210−220
+577%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 21−24
−1109%
270−280
+1109%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−4300%
88
+4300%
Dota 2 14−16
−829%
130
+829%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−11300%
114
+11300%
Fortnite 1−2
−15300%
150−160
+15300%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−3033%
188
+3033%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 132
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
−1100%
72
+1100%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−9600%
97
+9600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−1444%
130−140
+1444%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−2733%
170
+2733%
Valorant 30−35
−577%
210−220
+577%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−3600%
74
+3600%
Dota 2 14−16
−757%
120
+757%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−10600%
107
+10600%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−2683%
167
+2683%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
−883%
59
+883%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−1444%
130−140
+1444%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−1467%
94
+1467%
Valorant 30−35
−490%
183
+490%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
−15300%
150−160
+15300%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−3433%
106
+3433%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 5−6
−4740%
240−250
+4740%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−1844%
170−180
+1844%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 47
Far Cry 5 0−1 91
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−4567%
140
+4567%
Hogwarts Legacy 1−2
−4600%
47
+4600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−6200%
60−65
+6200%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
−8900%
90−95
+8900%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−453%
83
+453%
Valorant 5−6
−4660%
238
+4660%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−2100%
40−45
+2100%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
−2050%
40−45
+2050%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 241
+0%
241
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 230
+0%
230
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 134
+0%
134
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 172
+0%
172
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 125
+0%
125
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 126
+0%
126
+0%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V 83
+0%
83
+0%
Metro Exodus 59
+0%
59
+0%
Valorant 254
+0%
254
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 102
+0%
102
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 32
+0%
32
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Metro Exodus 37
+0%
37
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 64
+0%
64
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 63
+0%
63
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 22
+0%
22
+0%
Dota 2 109
+0%
109
+0%
Far Cry 5 51
+0%
51
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 93
+0%
93
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 27
+0%
27
+0%

This is how GTX 260M and RTX 3070 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 286% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 6900% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 4400% faster in 4K

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

  • in Fortnite, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3070 Mobile is 15300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile performs better in 40 tests (65%)
  • there's a draw in 22 tests (35%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.86 32.49
Recency 3 March 2009 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 125 Watt

GTX 260M has 92.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 3677.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 260M in performance tests.

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