NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 182 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 109 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 16 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 182 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	109 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

2.5x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 192 vs 48
4x better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 120 gflops
Around 75% higher maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 512 MB
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1208 vs 381
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 1962
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 1962

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.9 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 48
Floating-point performance	476.9 gflops vs 120 gflops
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1208 vs 381
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 1962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 1962

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

1208

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1962

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1962

3342

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G2D Mark	109	53
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	1208
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1962	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1962	3342
Geekbench - OpenCL		19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		29.525

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G94B	GT200
Launch date	10 March 2009	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1395	1396
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$95.38
Value for money (0-100)		13.70
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1242 MHz
Floating-point performance	120 gflops	476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	192
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	24 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI