GeForce GTS 260M vs GTX 660M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking753not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.27no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGK107GT215
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date22 March 2012 (13 years ago)15 June 2009 (16 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 cores38496
Core clock speed835 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,270 million727 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt38 Watt
Texture fill rate30.4017.60
Floating-point processing power0.7296 TFLOPS0.264 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data396
ROPs168
TMUs3232

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 Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0PCI-E 2.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options++
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHzUp to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth64.0 GB/s57.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsHDMIVGADual Link DVIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x15362048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
Power managementno data8.0

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 API11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.52.1
OpenCL1.11.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 15 June 2009
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 38 Watt

GTX 660M has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GTS 260M, on the other hand, has 31.6% lower power consumption.

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