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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

ATI Radeon 7200

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
405x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1215 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	1215 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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1215

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260	ATI Radeon 7200
PassMark - G3D Mark	1215	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
Essentials
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	1407	1409
Price now	$95.38
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.70
Technical info
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
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV	1x VGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
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
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI