GeForce GTX 260M and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260M vs GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GeForce GTX 260M
390
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
12990
GeForce GTX 260M
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N10E-GT
GA106
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2009
January 2022
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 8-pin
SLI options
2-way
-
MXM Type
MXM 3.0 Type-B
-
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
550 MHz
-
CUDA cores
112
-
Floating-point performance
308 gflops
-
Gigaflops
462
-
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
31 billion/sec
142.2
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
Up to 950 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
61 GB/s
224.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
3.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.6
Vulkan
N/A
1.3
Power management
8.0
-