GeForce GTX 490 vs GTX 260

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking751not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.16no data
Power efficiency1.19no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGT200GF100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 June 2008 (16 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data

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 cores192480
Core clock speed576 MHz608 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt365 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate36.8636.48
Floating-point processing power0.4769 TFLOPS1.166 TFLOPS
ROPs2848
TMUs6460

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 2.0 x16
Length267 mm279 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 8-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount896 MB1536 MB
Memory bus width448 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz854 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s164.0 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIHDTV3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+2.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 365 Watt

GTX 260 has 100.5% lower power consumption.

GTX 490, on the other hand, has a 71.4% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GTX 490. We've got no test results to judge.


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