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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 4520

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