NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M vs ATI Radeon E4690

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M and ATI Radeon E4690 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M

ATI Radeon E4690

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon E4690

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
Around 45% better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 38 Watt

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 96
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 38 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon E4690

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M	ATI Radeon E4690
PassMark - G3D Mark		405
PassMark - G2D Mark		347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3302

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M	ATI Radeon E4690
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT215	RV730
Launch date	15 June 2009	1 June 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	714
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	264 gflops	384.0 gflops
Gigaflops	396
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	320
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	HDMIVGADual Link DVIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI