NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 415M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- 15.2x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 182 Watt
- 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 221 vs 53
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 3 September 2010 vs 16 June 2008 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 12 Watt vs 182 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 221 vs 53 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
- Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- 12.3x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 3.0 billion / sec
- 4x more pipelines: 192 vs 48
- 5x better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 96 gflops
- Around 75% higher maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 512 MB
- Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 999 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1208 vs 286
- 26x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19512 vs 751
- 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 1570
- 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 1570
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 1242 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 36.9 billion / sec vs 3.0 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 192 vs 48 |
| Floating-point performance | 476.9 gflops vs 96 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 896 MB vs 512 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 999 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1208 vs 286 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 19512 vs 751 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 vs 1570 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 vs 1570 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 286 | 1208 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 221 | 53 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 751 | 19512 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 442 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 442 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1158 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1158 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1570 | 3342 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1570 | 3342 |
| 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 415M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 | |
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| Architecture | Fermi | Tesla 2.0 |
| Code name | GF108 | GT200 |
| Launch date | 3 September 2010 | 16 June 2008 |
| Place in performance rating | 1393 | 1396 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | |
| Price now | $95.38 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 13.70 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1242 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 48 | 192 |
| Floating-point performance | 96 gflops | 476.9 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Pipelines | 48 | 192 |
| Texture fill rate | 3.0 billion / sec | 36.9 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 12 Watt | 182 Watt |
| Transistor count | 585 million | 1,400 million |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV |
| Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
| Length | 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) | |
| SLI options | 2-way3-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 896 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | 111.9 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 448 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 999 MHz |
| Memory type | (G)DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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