NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 4520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 4520 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM

  • 6.9x more texture fill rate: 33.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 192 vs 80
  • 4.3x better floating-point performance: 414.7 gflops vs 96 gflops
  • 3.5x more maximum memory size: 1792 MB vs 512 MB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 2016 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 80
Floating-point performance 414.7 gflops vs 96 gflops
Maximum memory size 1792 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 2016 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4520

  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 518 MHz
  • 7.3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 182 Watt
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 518 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 182 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM ATI Radeon HD 4520

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GT200B RV710
Launch date 8 December 2009 2 December 2009
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 518 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 414.7 gflops 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 192 80
Texture fill rate 33.2 GTexel / s 4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 182 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million 242 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 112.9 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 448 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2016 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR2

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