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
GPU 1
GPU 2
379
278
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
43
38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3085
3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3085
3297
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
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

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G92 G94
Launch date 3 March 2009 29 July 2008
Place in performance rating 1452 1454
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

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

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 3.3

Memory

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

CUDA
HybridPower
Power management 8.0
PureVideo HD