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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 is a graphics card. It has 192 shading units, 896 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 448-bit bus, 111.9 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 576 MHz and a 182 W board power rating. It scores 1,199 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

G200-100-A2

7/10 key specs recorded · 27 facts

Depth: 35 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

192cores

Memory

896 MB

GDDR3 · 448-bit

Boost clock

n/a

576 MHz base

Board power

182 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 scores 1,199 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 57.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,292), measured across 3,081 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 46.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,199

Rank #1,292
Faster than 57.9% of 2,658 GPUs
3,081 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 25 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 41.5% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 7 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 42.3% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 averages DirectX 9 25 fps and DirectX 10 7 fps, across 3,081 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 896 MB

Core clock 576 MHz

Memory clock 1998 MHz

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 202 W

First benchmarked 2012-08-10

Samples 3,081

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 896 MB of memory, a core clock of 576 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2012-08-10. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename G200-100-A2

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 1,400 M

Die size 576 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 uses the G200-100-A2 graphics processor, contains 1,400 million transistors and has a die size of 576 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 192

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 64

Render output units (ROPs) 28

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 has 192 shading units, 64 texture mapping units and 28 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260.

Clock speeds

Base clock 576 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 runs at a base clock of 576 MHz.

Memory

Size 896 MB

Type GDDR3

Bus width 448-bit

Bandwidth 111.9 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 is equipped with 896 MB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 448-bit memory bus and delivers 111.9 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 has a board power rating of 182 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 182 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price $449

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX 200 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 launched at a price of $449.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,199

PassMark G2D 46

Rank #1,292

Samples 3,081

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260.