GeForce GTS 260M vs RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 34 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 92 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 63.84 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 24.85 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | AD106 | GT215 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 May 2023 (1 year ago) | 15 June 2009 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | 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 | 4352 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 2310 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2535 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 22,900 million | 727 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | 38 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 344.8 | 17.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 22.06 TFLOPS | 0.264 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | no data | 396 |
| ROPs | 48 | 8 |
| TMUs | 136 | 32 |
| Tensor Cores | 136 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 34 | no 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 size | no data | large |
| Bus support | no data | PCI-E 2.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 240 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | no data |
| SLI options | - | + |
| MXM Type | no data | MXM 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 type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | Up to 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 57.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | HDMIVGADual Link DVIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | no data | 8.0 |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.9 | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 May 2023 | 15 June 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | 38 Watt |
RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
GTS 260M, on the other hand, has 334.2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB and GeForce GTS 260M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB is a desktop card while GeForce GTS 260M 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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