NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
- 2.6x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 530 MHz
- 2.4x more texture fill rate: 31 billion / sec vs 12.72 GTexel / s
- 2.3x more pipelines: 112 vs 48
- 2.4x better floating-point performance: 308 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 379 vs 278
- Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 43 vs 38
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 3 March 2009 vs 29 July 2008 |
Core clock speed | 1375 MHz vs 530 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 31 billion / sec vs 12.72 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 112 vs 48 |
Floating-point performance | 308 gflops vs 127.2 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 379 vs 278 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 43 vs 38 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
- Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 65 Watt
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3297 vs 3085
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3297 vs 3085
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 60 Watt vs 65 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3297 vs 3085 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3297 vs 3085 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M | NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 379 | 278 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 43 | 38 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3085 | 3297 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3085 | 3297 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M | NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | G92 | G94 |
Launch date | 3 March 2009 | 29 July 2008 |
Place in performance rating | 1451 | 1452 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1375 MHz | 530 MHz |
CUDA cores | 112 | 48 |
Floating-point performance | 308 gflops | 127.2 gflops |
Gigaflops | 462 | 180 |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 112 | 48 |
Texture fill rate | 31 billion / sec | 12.72 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 60 Watt |
Transistor count | 754 million | 505 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
Display Connectors | DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI | No outputs |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | large |
MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | |
SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 61 GB / s | 51.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | |
Technologies |
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HybridPower | ||
Power management | 8.0 | |
PureVideo HD |