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GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce GTX 880M

Intro

The GeForce GTX 260 comes with core clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 192 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 880M, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 954 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this model. It features 1536 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 880M 130 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 182 Watts
Difference: 52 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 880M should theoretically be a little bit superior to the GeForce GTX 260 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M 128000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 111888 MB/sec
Difference: 16112 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 880M is a lot (more or less 231%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M 122112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 36864 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 85248 (231%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 880M will be much (about 89%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 260, and will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M 30528 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 16128 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 14400 (89%)

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.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 260 GeForce GTX 880M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year June 16, 2008 March 12 2014
Code Name G200 GK104
Memory 896 MB 4096 MB
Core Speed 576 MHz 954 MHz
Memory Speed 1998 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 182 watts 130 watts
Bandwidth 111888 MB/sec 128000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 36864 Mtexels/sec 122112 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16128 Mpixels/sec 30528 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 192 1536
Texture Mapping Units 64 128
Render Output Units 28 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 448-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 28 nm
Transistors 1400 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 260

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