Radeon E6760 PCIe vs GeForce GTX 280
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 740 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.11 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.97 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GT200 | Turks |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 16 June 2008 (16 years ago) | 2 May 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 240 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 602 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 716 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 236 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 48.16 | 14.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6221 TFLOPS | 0.576 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 80 | 24 |
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 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | no data |
| 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1107 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 141.7 GB/s | 51.2 GB/s |
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 | HDTVDual Link DVI | 6x mini-DisplayPort |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 June 2008 | 2 May 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 236 Watt | 45 Watt |
E6760 PCIe has an age advantage of 2 years, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 424.4% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 280 and Radeon E6760 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 280 is a desktop card while Radeon E6760 PCIe is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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