NVIDIA GeForce MX150 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX150 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce MX150

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX150

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 46.98 GTexel / s vs 36.9 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
2.4x better floating-point performance: 1,127 gflops vs 476.9 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
18.2x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 182 Watt
2.3x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 896 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 999 MHz
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2259 vs 1208
4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 213 vs 53
5.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 45.905 vs 8.664
Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 495.238 vs 477.327
Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.965 vs 24.906
4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 145.794 vs 29.525

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 May 2017 vs 16 June 2008
Texture fill rate	46.98 GTexel / s vs 36.9 billion / sec
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,127 gflops vs 476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2259 vs 1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	213 vs 53
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	45.905 vs 8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	495.238 vs 477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	38.965 vs 24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	145.794 vs 29.525
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 937 MHz
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19512 vs 9584

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 937 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	19512 vs 9584

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX150
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2259

1208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

213

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9584

19512

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

45.905

8.664

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

495.238

477.327

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

38.965

24.906

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

145.794

29.525

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3342

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX150	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	2259	1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	213	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	9584	19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	45.905	8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	495.238	477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	38.965	24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	145.794	29.525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	999

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX150	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GP108	GT200
Launch date	17 May 2017	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	875	1396
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$95.38
Value for money (0-100)		13.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	937 MHz	1242 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,127 gflops	476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	192
Texture fill rate	46.98 GTexel / s	36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI