GeForce GTX 260 and Radeon 550X - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260 vs Radeon 550X
GeForce GTX 260
1260
Radeon 550X
1472
GeForce GTX 260
Radeon 550X
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name
GT200
Lexa
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
March 2019
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
1218 MHz
Core clock speed
576 MHz
1082 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
2,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
512
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
38.98
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
2 GB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
112.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (12_0)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
2.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.4
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131