NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6770
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6770

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6770.

590
Place in performance rating
588
14.78
Value for money (0-100)
18.49
Tesla 2.0
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GT200
Code name
Juniper
Desktop
Type
Desktop
16 June 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
21 January 2011 (10 years ago)
$449
Launch price (MSRP)
$129
$112 (0.2x MSRP)
Price now
$206 (1.6x MSRP)
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Design
reference
1.07
Value for money
0.59
GT200
GPU code name
Juniper
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6770 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

192
Pipelines
800
576 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
900 MHz
1,400 million
Transistor count
1,040 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
182 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
108 Watt
36.9 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
34.00
476.9 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,360.0 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
192
CUDA cores
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192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
800
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Boost clock speed
900 MHz
1,400 million
Number of transistors
1,040 million
182 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
108 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon HD 6770 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Length
198 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
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SLI options
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Bus support
PCIe 2.0 x16
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 vs AMD Radeon HD 6770.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
896 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
448 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
999 MHz
Memory clock speed
1050 MHz
111.9 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
76.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 vs AMD Radeon HD 6770.

Dual Link DVIHDTV
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Multi monitor support
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
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Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
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CUDA
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AppAcceleration
-
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
Enduro
-

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon HD 6770 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
2.1
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
5.0
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon HD 6770 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 6770 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 6770
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 6770
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 6770
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 6770
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 6770
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Cheaper ($112 (0.2x MSRP) vs $206 (1.6x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (896 MB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (111.9 GB/s vs 76.8 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6770

0.079999999999999% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (800 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

Less power consumption (108 Watt vs 182 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 6770?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6770 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 versus AMD Radeon HD 6770 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.3 Out of 73 Hitesti Score
3.8 Out of 34 Hitesti Score