GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs GTX 260M SLI

Place in the ranking	738	9
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	67.28
Power efficiency	1.52	24.56
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	NB9E-GTX	AD104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	224	7168
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1980 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2475 MHz
Number of transistors	1508 Million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	220 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	554.4
Floating-point processing power	no data	35.48 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	80
TMUs	no data	224
Tensor Cores	no data	224
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	56

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	950 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	504.2 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

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 HD	9−10 −2411%	226 +2411%
1440p	5−6 −2720%	141 +2720%
4K	3−4 −2833%	88 +2833%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.65
1440p	no data	4.25
4K	no data	6.81

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
−2233%

140−150

+2233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1490%	150−160 +1490%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −14100%	140−150 +14100%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −3967%	240−250 +3967%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1867%	110−120 +1867%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −2056%	190−200 +2056%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1359%	240−250 +1359%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1513%	120−130 +1513%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −1109%	270−280 +1109%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −3775%	150−160 +3775%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1450%	120−130 +1450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −2492%	300−350 +2492%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −285%	150−160 +285%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1490%	150−160 +1490%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −14100%	140−150 +14100%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −3967%	240−250 +3967%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1867%	110−120 +1867%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −2056%	190−200 +2056%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1359%	240−250 +1359%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1513%	120−130 +1513%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −1109%	270−280 +1109%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −3775%	150−160 +3775%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1450%	120−130 +1450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −3192%	428 +3192%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1121%	170−180 +1121%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −285%	150−160 +285%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1490%	150−160 +1490%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −14100%	140−150 +14100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1867%	110−120 +1867%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1359%	240−250 +1359%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1513%	120−130 +1513%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −1109%	270−280 +1109%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −2831%	381 +2831%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1336%	201 +1336%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −248%	139 +248%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−1450%

120−130
+1450%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −3220%	160−170 +3220%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −2140%	110−120 +2140%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3000%	90−95 +3000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4000%	80−85 +4000%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2000%	80−85 +2000%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1325%	110−120 +1325%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2475%	200−210 +2475%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −7600%	154 +7600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −1163%	240−250 +1163%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−1657%

120−130
+1657%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −8700%	85−90 +8700%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −3350%	65−70 +3350%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −3250%	65−70 +3250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −6300%	60−65 +6300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −5100%	50−55 +5100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −14700%	140−150 +14700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −6100%	62 +6100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−2150%

90−95
+2150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	265 +0%	265 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	133 +0%	133 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

132

+0%

132

+0%

This is how GTX 260M SLI and RTX 4070 SUPER compete in popular games:

RTX 4070 SUPER is 2411% faster in 1080p
RTX 4070 SUPER is 2720% faster in 1440p
RTX 4070 SUPER is 2833% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4070 SUPER is 14700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 4070 SUPER is ahead in 57 tests (86%)
there's a draw in 9 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.29	78.17
Recency	2 March 2009	8 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	220 Watt

GTX 260M SLI has 46.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 SUPER, on the other hand, has a 2276% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 260M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.