GeForce GTX 260 216 vs GTX 1050 Ti Mobile

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking342not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.67no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGP107GT200
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)16 September 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768216
Core clock speed1493 MHz576 MHz
Boost clock speed1620 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate77.7641.47
Floating-point processing power2.488 TFLOPS0.5365 TFLOPS
ROPs3228
TMUs4872

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB896 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit448 Bit
Memory clock speed7 GB/s999 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s111.9 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Ansel+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA+1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2017 16 September 2008
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 896 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 182 Watt

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile has an age advantage of 8 years, a 357.1% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 142.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
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