NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs AMD Radeon R7 M445

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking797not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.14no data
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameMesoGT200
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 May 2016 (7 years old)16 September 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299
Current price$809 $259 (0.9x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores320216
Core clock speed920 MHz576 MHz
Boost clock speed920 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15-25 Watt182 Watt
Texture fill rate18.4041.47
Floating-point performance588.8 gflops536.5 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 M445 and GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB896 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit448 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1998 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s111.9 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.04.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDAno data1.3

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 15 May 2016 16 September 2008
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 896 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 182 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M445 and GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 M445 is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is a desktop one.


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