GeForce RTX 4080 Ti vs GTX 260

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking747not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.14no data
Power efficiency1.20no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGT200AD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 June 2008 (16 years ago)2023 (1 year ago)
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 cores19214080
Core clock speed576 MHz2340 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2610 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt400 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate36.861,148
Floating-point processing power0.4769 TFLOPS73.5 TFLOPS
ROPs28144
TMUs64440
Tensor Coresno data440
Ray Tracing Coresno data110

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 x16
Length267 mm336 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount896 MB16 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz1325 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s678.4 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 DVIHDTV1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 400 Watt

GTX 260 has 119.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 4080 Ti, on the other hand, has a 1728.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce RTX 4080 Ti. We've got no test results to judge.


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