NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 vs NVIDIA ION LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA ION LE 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

NVIDIA ION LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

2.8x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 450 MHz
12.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1208 vs 98

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1208 vs 98

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION LE

9.1x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 182 Watt
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 96 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 182 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	96 vs 53

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
GPU 2: NVIDIA ION LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260	NVIDIA ION LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	1208	98
PassMark - G2D Mark	53	96
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	NVIDIA ION LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200	ION
Launch date	16 June 2008	3 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	1396	1397
Price now	$95.38
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.70
Technical info
Core clock speed	1242 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	182 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	282 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV	No outputs
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	PCI
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	999 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI