NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs ATI Radeon HD 3750

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and ATI Radeon HD 3750 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

ATI Radeon HD 3750

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

6.5x more texture fill rate: 41.5 GTexel / s vs 6.37 GTexel / s
Around 80% higher pipelines: 216 vs 120
2.8x better floating-point performance: 536.5 gflops vs 191.04 gflops
Around 75% higher maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 512 MB
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1998 MHz vs 1386 MHz

Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s vs 6.37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	216 vs 120
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops vs 191.04 gflops
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz vs 1386 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3750

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 796 MHz vs 576 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 182 Watt

Core clock speed	796 MHz vs 576 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 182 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216	ATI Radeon HD 3750
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200	RV635
Launch date	16 September 2008	11 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	796 MHz
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops	191.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	216	120
Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s	6.37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	182 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	378 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB / s	22.18 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz	1386 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3