ATI Graphics Ultra + vs GeForce GTX 260M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1104not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.05no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)no data
GPU code nameG92Mach32
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 March 2009 (15 years ago)1 January 1992 (32 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 cores112no data
Core clock speed550 MHz10 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data
Texture fill rate30.80no data
Floating-point processing power0.308 TFLOPSno data
Gigaflops462no data
ROPs161
TMUs56no 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeGDDR3DRAM
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 950 MHz10 MHz
Memory bandwidth61 GB/s80.0 MB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsDisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI1x VGA
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 compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)None
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.1None
OpenCL1.1None
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 March 2009 1 January 1992
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 800 nm

GTX 260M has an age advantage of 17 years, a 102300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1130.8% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260M and Graphics Ultra +. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260M is a notebook card while Graphics Ultra + is a desktop one.


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