GeForce GTS 260M vs Radeon R5 230
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1304 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.95 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | Caicos | GT215 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 3 April 2014 (11 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 cores | 160 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 727 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 38 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.000 | 17.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2 TFLOPS | 0.264 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | no data | 396 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 64 KB |
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 | PCIe 1.0 x4 | PCI-E 2.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | N/A | 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 | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | Up to 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 10.67 GB/s | 57.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | HDMIVGADual Link DVIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| 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.
| CrossFire | + | - |
| PowerPlay | + | no data |
| DDMA audio | - | no data |
| Power management | no data | 8.0 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 April 2014 | 15 June 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 38 Watt |
R5 230 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 230 and GeForce GTS 260M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R5 230 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce GTS 260M is a notebook one.
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