RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs GeForce GTX 260 216 Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated29
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data33.63
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGT200BAD104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date27 November 2008 (16 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores2166144
Core clock speed576 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2175 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate41.47417.6
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPS26.73 TFLOPS
ROPs2880
TMUs72192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm245 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount896 MB20 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s360.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.8
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.38.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 November 2008 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 20 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 171 Watt 130 Watt

RTX 4000 Ada Generation has an age advantage of 14 years, a 2185.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 31.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 and RTX 4000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
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