RTX 2000 Ada Generation vs GeForce GTX 260 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated72
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data81.29
Power efficiencyno data45.42
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGT200BAD107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date8 December 2009 (14 years ago)12 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1922816
Core clock speed518 MHz1620 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2130 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate33.15187.4
Floating-point processing power0.4147 TFLOPS12 TFLOPS
ROPs2848
TMUs6488
Tensor Coresno data88
Ray Tracing Coresno data22

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 x8
Length267 mm168 mm
Width2-slot2-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 amount1792 MB16 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1008 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.9 GB/s256.0 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 mini-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 8 December 2009 12 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 70 Watt

RTX 2000 Ada Generation has an age advantage of 14 years, a 814.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 160% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 OEM and RTX 2000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 OEM is a desktop card while RTX 2000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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