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GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Intro

The GeForce GTX 260 makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM is set to run at a speed of 999 MHz on this model. It features 192 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which has GPU core speed of 576 MHz, and 896 MB of GDDR3 memory running at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also is made up of 216 Stream Processors, 72 Texture Address Units, and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 260 182 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 202 Watts
Difference: 20 Watts (11%)

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have the exact same bandwidth, so theoretically they should perform exactly the same. (explain)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 will be just a bit (about 13%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 41472 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 36864 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 4608 (13%)

Pixel Rate

Both cards have the exact same pixel rate, so in theory they should be equally good at at FSAA, and be able to handle the same screen resolutions. (explain)

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 GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year June 16, 2008 September 16, 2008
Code Name G200 G200
Memory 896 MB 896 MB
Core Speed 576 MHz 576 MHz
Memory Speed 1998 MHz 1998 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 182 watts 202 watts
Bandwidth 111888 MB/sec 111888 MB/sec
Texel Rate 36864 Mtexels/sec 41472 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16128 Mpixels/sec 16128 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 192 216
Texture Mapping Units 64 72
Render Output Units 28 28
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 448-bit 448-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 65 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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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Comments

One Response to “GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216”
Rayhan says:

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