T400 vs GeForce GTX 260 216

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated465
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data22.58
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT200TU117
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date16 September 2008 (16 years ago)6 May 2021 (3 years 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 cores216384
Core clock speed576 MHz420 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1425 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate41.4734.20
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPS1.094 TFLOPS
ROPs2816
TMUs7224

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 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 MB2 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s80 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-Video3x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.37.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 September 2008 6 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 30 Watt

T400 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 128.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 441.7% more advanced lithography process, and 506.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and T400. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is a desktop card while T400 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
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