GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile 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)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGT200GB205
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 June 2008 (16 years ago)2025
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 cores1926400
Core clock speed576 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt140 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate36.86504.0
Floating-point processing power0.4769 TFLOPS32.26 TFLOPS
ROPs2864
TMUs64200
Tensor Coresno data200
Ray Tracing Coresno data50

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 5.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
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 typeGDDR3GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount896 MB12 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s760.8 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 Model4.06.8
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+10.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 140 Watt

RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has a 1271.4% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 30% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
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