GeForce GTX 260 vs 560 Ti 448

Place in performance ranking	479	714
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.41	0.36
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	GF110	GT200
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	29 November 2011 (12 years ago)	16 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$289	$449
Current price	$624 (2.2x MSRP)	$49 (0.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 560 Ti 448 has 14% better value for money than GTX 260.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	448	192
CUDA cores	no data	192
Core clock speed	732 MHz	576 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	210 Watt	182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105 °C
Texture fill rate	40.99	36.9 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	1,311.7 gflops	476.9 gflops

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	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
SLI options	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	896 MB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	3800 MHz	999 MHz
Memory bandwidth	152.0 GB/s	111.9 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	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	S/PDIF

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.0	+

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.18	3.17
Recency	29 November 2011	16 June 2008
Cost	$289	$449
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	896 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	210 Watt	182 Watt