NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M vs NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G92 | NV15 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | N10E-GT | GeForce2 GTS |
| Architecture | Tesla | Celsius |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 65 nm | 150 nm |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 25 million |
| Die size | 324 mm² | 88 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Mar 3rd, 2009 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 200M | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 100M | — |
| Successor | GeForce 300M | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 550 MHz | 200 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1375 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 950 MHz 1900 Mbps effective | 166 MHz 332 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 32 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 60.80 GB/s | 5.312 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 112 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 56 | 8 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| SM count | 14 | — |
| Cache L2 | 64 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 4 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 0 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 8.800 GPixel/s | 800.0 MPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 30.80 GTexel/s | 1.600 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 308.0 GFLOPS | — |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 65 W | unknown |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x VGA |
| Slot width | — | Single-slot |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | None |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 7.0 |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.1 | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 0.5 |
| Vertex shader | — | — |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Apr 26th, 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 2 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | AGP 4x |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 2 MX |
| Successor | — | GeForce 3 |
