NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M 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 - 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1436 MHz vs 1242 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
4.8x lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 182 Watt
Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 896 MB

Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 16 June 2008
Core clock speed	1436 MHz vs 1242 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 896 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

2.1x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
Around 73% better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 275.71 gflops
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1208 vs 645
Around 74% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19512 vs 11217

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	36.9 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 96
Floating-point performance	476.9 gflops vs 275.71 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1208 vs 645
Geekbench - OpenCL	19512 vs 11217
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 3329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 3329

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

645

1208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11217

19512

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3342

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	645	1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	53	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	11217	19512
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329	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 GTS 360M	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	1372	1396
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$95.38
Value for money (0-100)		13.70
Technical info
Core clock speed	1436 MHz	1242 MHz
CUDA cores	96	192
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops	476.9 gflops
Gigaflops	413
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	192
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	1,400 million
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	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
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	448 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	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