NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 182 Watt
Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 896 MB
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 999 MHz
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 225 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2012 vs 16 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	225 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 810 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 12.96 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
Around 53% better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 311.0 gflops
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1208 vs 681
7.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19512 vs 2473
Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.664 vs 6.498
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 477.327 vs 140.06
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.906 vs 9.613
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 29.525 vs 12.49
Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 2073
Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 2073

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.9 billion / sec vs 12.96 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 96
Floating-point performance	476.9 gflops vs 311.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1208 vs 681
Geekbench - OpenCL	19512 vs 2473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.664 vs 6.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	477.327 vs 140.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.906 vs 9.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	29.525 vs 12.49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 2073
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 2073

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

681

1208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

225

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2473

19512

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.498

8.664

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

140.06

477.327

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9.613

24.906

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.49

29.525

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2073

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2073

3342

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	681	1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	225	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	2473	19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.498	8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	140.06	477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.502
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	9.613	24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.49	29.525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2073	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2073	3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	170

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF108	GT200
Launch date	15 May 2012	16 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99	$449
Place in performance rating	1440	1396
Price now	$99.21	$95.38
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.89	13.70
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	1242 MHz
Floating-point performance	311.0 gflops	476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	192
Texture fill rate	12.96 GTexel / s	36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	585 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	145 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	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI