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GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm vs GeForce GTX 275

Intro

The GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm comes with a core clock frequency of 576 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 999 MHz. It also uses a 448-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 216 SPUs, 72 Texture Address Units, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 275, which comes with a core clock frequency of 633 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 1134 MHz. It also makes use of a 448-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 240 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 171 Watts
GeForce GTX 275 219 Watts
Difference: 48 Watts (28%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 275, in theory, should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275 127008 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 111888 MB/sec
Difference: 15120 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 275 should be much (more or less 22%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275 50640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 41472 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 9168 (22%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 275 is superior to the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275 17724 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 16128 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 1596 (10%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm GeForce GTX 275
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year December 22, 2008 April 9, 2009
Code Name G200b G200b
Memory 896 MB 896 MB
Core Speed 576 MHz 633 MHz
Memory Speed 1998 MHz 2268 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 171 watts 219 watts
Bandwidth 111888 MB/sec 127008 MB/sec
Texel Rate 41472 Mtexels/sec 50640 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16128 Mpixels/sec 17724 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 216 240
Texture Mapping Units 72 80
Render Output Units 28 28
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 448-bit 448-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 55 nm
Transistors 1400 million 1400 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 3.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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