NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 182 Watt
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 999 MHz
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 82 vs 56
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 February 2010 vs 16 June 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 182 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 82 vs 56

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
  • Around 85% better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
  • Around 75% higher maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 512 MB
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1218 vs 395
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 2505
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 2505
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1242 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 36.9 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 96
Floating-point performance 476.9 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Maximum memory size 896 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1218 vs 395
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 2505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 2505

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
82
56
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
395
1218
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2505
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2505
3342
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G2D Mark 82 56
PassMark - G3D Mark 395 1218
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2505 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2505 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 330 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla 2.0
Code name G92 GT200
Launch date 2 February 2010 16 June 2008
Place in performance rating 1406 1409
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 257.28 gflops 476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 96 192
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s 36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 182 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 1,400 million
CUDA cores 192
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 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 175 mm 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 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 32.0 GB / s 111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 448 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 999 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI