Radeon 680M 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 rated336
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data22.28
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGT200BRembrandt+
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 July 2008 (16 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 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 cores192768
Core clock speed576 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2200 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million13,100 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate36.86105.6
Floating-point processing power0.4769 TFLOPS3.379 TFLOPS
ROPs2832
TMUs6448
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount896 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width448 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed999 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/sno data
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 Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2008 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 55 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 50 Watt

Radeon 680M has an age advantage of 14 years, a 816.7% more advanced lithography process, and 264% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 and Radeon 680M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Radeon 680M is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2
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AMD Radeon 680M
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