GeForce GTX 260 216 vs HD Graphics 2000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1216not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 6.0 (2011)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameSandy Bridge GT1GT200
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2011 (13 years ago)16 September 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

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 cores48216
Core clock speed850 MHz576 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown182 Watt
Texture fill rate8.10041.47
Floating-point processing power0.1296 TFLOPS0.5365 TFLOPS
ROPs128
TMUs672

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 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared896 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared448 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared999 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data111.9 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.13.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2011 16 September 2008
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm

HD Graphics 2000 has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 2000 and GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 2000 is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is a desktop one.


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Intel HD Graphics 2000
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