GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs GTX 260

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce RTX 2070 Super, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 260
2008
896 MB GDDR3, 182 Watt
3.15

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 260 by a whopping 1402% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking75171
Place by popularitynot in top-10080
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.1641.44
Power efficiency1.1915.08
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT200TU104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 June 2008 (16 years ago)9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2070 Super has 25800% better value for money than GTX 260.

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 MHz1605 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1770 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt215 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate36.86283.2
Floating-point processing power0.4769 TFLOPS9.062 TFLOPS
ROPs2864
TMUs64160
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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 mm267 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount896 MB8 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s448.0 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIHDTV1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support-+
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 260 3.15
RTX 2070 Super 47.30
+1402%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 260 1215
RTX 2070 Super 18222
+1400%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD8−9
−1550%
132
+1550%
1440p5−6
−1500%
80
+1500%
4K3−4
−1533%
49
+1533%

Cost per frame, $

1080p56.133.78
1440p89.806.24
4K149.6710.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 94
+0%
94
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 104
+0%
104
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 88
+0%
88
+0%
Battlefield 5 183
+0%
183
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 119
+0%
119
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 84
+0%
84
+0%
Far Cry 5 149
+0%
149
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 158
+0%
158
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 277
+0%
277
+0%
Hitman 3 116
+0%
116
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 279
+0%
279
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 122
+0%
122
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 203
+0%
203
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 229
+0%
229
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 172
+0%
172
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 74
+0%
74
+0%
Battlefield 5 172
+0%
172
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120
+0%
120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+0%
78
+0%
Far Cry 5 120
+0%
120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 120
+0%
120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 258
+0%
258
+0%
Hitman 3 113
+0%
113
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 270
+0%
270
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 92
+0%
92
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 198
+0%
198
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 215
+0%
215
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65
+0%
65
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+0%
66
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 91
+0%
91
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 73
+0%
73
+0%
Far Cry 5 83
+0%
83
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 153
+0%
153
+0%
Hitman 3 104
+0%
104
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 156
+0%
156
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 167
+0%
167
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100
+0%
100
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 68
+0%
68
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 114
+0%
114
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 118
+0%
118
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 86
+0%
86
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 57
+0%
57
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+0%
53
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 73
+0%
73
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 47
+0%
47
+0%
Far Cry 5 66
+0%
66
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 255
+0%
255
+0%
Hitman 3 71
+0%
71
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 118
+0%
118
+0%
Metro Exodus 91
+0%
91
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 123
+0%
123
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 215
+0%
215
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95
+0%
95
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55
+0%
55
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 48
+0%
48
+0%
Hitman 3 42
+0%
42
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 129
+0%
129
+0%
Metro Exodus 78
+0%
78
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68
+0%
68
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 39
+0%
39
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 32
+0%
32
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 44
+0%
44
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 23
+0%
23
+0%
Far Cry 5 35
+0%
35
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 84
+0%
84
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65
+0%
65
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 29
+0%
29
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 59
+0%
59
+0%

This is how GTX 260 and RTX 2070 Super compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 1550% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 1500% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 1533% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.15 47.30
Recency 16 June 2008 9 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 215 Watt

GTX 260 has 18.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 2070 Super, on the other hand, has a 1401.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 814.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 260 in performance tests.


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