GeForce GTX 260+ vs Radeon HD 3850

GeForce GTX 260+
Radeon HD 3850
216 Shaders
896MB GDDR3
576MHz
320 Shaders
512MB GDDR4
668MHz
FP32
0.58 TFLOPS
FP32
0.43 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
182W
TDP
75W
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Architecture
Tesla 2
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Family
GeForce 200
Family
Radeon HD 3000
Codename
NVA0
GT200B
Variant
GT200-103-A2
Codename
Boom
RV670
Variant
RV670 Pro
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/27/2008
Release Date
11/19/2007
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
55nm
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Fabrication Node
55nm
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Die Size
470 mm²
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Die Size
192 mm²
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Transistor Count
1.4 Billion
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Transistor Count
666 Million
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Transistor Density
2.98M/mm²
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Transistor Density
3.47M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
216 Shaders
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Shading Units
320 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
72 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
28 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
27 SMs
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Compute Units
4 CUs
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1350MHz Shader
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576MHz
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668MHz
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FP32
0.58 TFLOPS
FP32
0.43 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.07 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.09 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
16.128 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
10.688 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
41.472 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
10.688 GTexel/s
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L1
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L1
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Unknown
L2
256KB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
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896MB
GDDR3
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512MB
GDDR4
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Bus Width
448Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
999MHz
Transfer Rate
2GT/s
Bandwidth
111.9GB/s
Clock
900MHz
Transfer Rate
1.8GT/s
Bandwidth
57.6GB/s
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TDP
182W
TDP
75W
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1x S-Video
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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No Decoders
Model
UVD 1.0
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Codec
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_1
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.3
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PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
Shader Model
4.1
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GFX
3
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
3-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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