NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M 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, 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 GTS 350M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 1242 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 6.5x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 182 Watt
  • Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 896 MB
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 69 vs 53
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2010 vs 16 June 2008
Core clock speed 1249 MHz vs 1242 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 28 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 896 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 69 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
  • Around 99% better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 240 gflops
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1209 vs 381
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 3123
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 3123
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19512 vs 8210
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 36.9 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 96
Floating-point performance 476.9 gflops vs 240 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1209 vs 381
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 3123
Geekbench - OpenCL 19512 vs 8210

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
381
1209
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
69
53
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3123
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3123
3342
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8210
19512
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark 381 1209
PassMark - G2D Mark 69 53
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3123 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3123 3342
Geekbench - OpenCL 8210 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 GTS 350M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name GT215 GT200
Launch date 7 January 2010 16 June 2008
Place in performance rating 1410 1412
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $449
Price now $95.38
Value for money (0-100) 13.70

Technical info

Core clock speed 1249 MHz 1242 MHz
CUDA cores 96 192
Floating-point performance 240 gflops 476.9 gflops
Gigaflops 360
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 96 192
Texture fill rate 16 GTexel / s 36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 28 Watt 182 Watt
Transistor count 727 million 1,400 million
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Interface MXM-II PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options 2-way 2-way3-way
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 896 MB
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB / s 111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 448 Bit
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Memory clock speed 999 MHz

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management 8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI
3D Vision