NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q 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 GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 68.02 GTexel / s vs 36.9 billion / sec
4x more pipelines: 768 vs 192
4.6x better floating-point performance: 2,177 gflops vs 476.9 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 182 Watt
4.6x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 896 MB
7x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 999 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5320 vs 1208
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 345 vs 53
Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19914 vs 19512
6.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.188 vs 8.664
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1159.046 vs 477.327
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 82.067 vs 24.906
9.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 293.638 vs 29.525

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2018 vs 16 June 2008
Texture fill rate	68.02 GTexel / s vs 36.9 billion / sec
Pipelines	768 vs 192
Floating-point performance	2,177 gflops vs 476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5320 vs 1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	345 vs 53
Geekbench - OpenCL	19914 vs 19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.188 vs 8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1159.046 vs 477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	82.067 vs 24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	293.638 vs 29.525
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 1152 MHz

Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 1152 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5320

1208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

345

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19914

19512

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

54.188

8.664

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1159.046

477.327

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

82.067

24.906

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

293.638

29.525

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3342

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	5320	1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	345	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	19914	19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.188	8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1159.046	477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	82.067	24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	293.638	29.525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8059
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8059
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2219

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GP107	GT200
Launch date	3 January 2018	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	505	1396
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$95.38
Value for money (0-100)		13.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1417 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	1242 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,177 gflops	476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	768	192
Texture fill rate	68.02 GTexel / s	36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
G-SYNC support
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.1 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI