
GeForce GTX 560M and GeForce GTX 260 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 560M vs GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTX 560M
1281
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce GTX 560M
GeForce GTX 260
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
N12E-GS
GT200
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
May 2011
June 2008
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
2x 6-pin
SLI options
2-way
+
Core clock speed
775 MHz
576 MHz
CUDA cores
192
192
Floating-point performance
595.2 gflops
476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
1,170 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
192
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
24.8 billion/sec
36.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
896 MB
Memory bus width
Up to 192 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
999 MHz
Memory bandwidth
Up to 60 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-