Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGT200BAD107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date23 July 2008 (16 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 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 cores1922560
Core clock speed576 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate36.86162.0
Floating-point processing power0.4769 TFLOPS10.37 TFLOPS
ROPs2848
TMUs6480
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 MB6 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s192.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

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 23 July 2008 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 35 Watt

Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile has an age advantage of 15 years, a 585.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 420% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 and RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2
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