NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 vs ATI Radeon 7200
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and ATI Radeon 7200 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 8.7x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 143 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 180 nm
- 28x more maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 32 MB
- 7x more memory clock speed: 999 MHz vs 143 MHz
- 406x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1218 vs 3
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 16 June 2008 vs 1 June 2000 |
Core clock speed | 1242 MHz vs 143 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 180 nm |
Maximum memory size | 896 MB vs 32 MB |
Memory clock speed | 999 MHz vs 143 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1218 vs 3 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7200
- 27x more texture fill rate: 996 MTexel / s vs 36.9 billion / sec
- 7.9x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 182 Watt
- Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 94 vs 56
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 996 MTexel / s vs 36.9 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt vs 182 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 94 vs 56 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7200
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 | ATI Radeon 7200 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1218 | 3 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 56 | 94 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 19512 | |
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 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 | ATI Radeon 7200 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Rage 6 |
Code name | GT200 | R100 |
Launch date | 16 June 2008 | 1 June 2000 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | |
Place in performance rating | 1409 | 1411 |
Price now | $95.38 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 13.70 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1242 MHz | 143 MHz |
CUDA cores | 192 | |
Floating-point performance | 476.9 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 180 nm |
Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
Pipelines | 192 | |
Texture fill rate | 36.9 billion / sec | 996 MTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 182 Watt | 23 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,400 million | 30 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV | 1x VGA |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
Length | 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) | |
SLI options | 2-way3-way | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 7.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 1.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 896 MB | 32 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 111.9 GB / s | 5.31 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 448 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 999 MHz | 143 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |
Technologies |
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