| Attribute | GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 × | Radeon HD 5690 × |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | ||
| Release year (year) | 2008 | 2011 |
| Reference card | Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 576 MHz 896 MB | - |
| GPU brand | Nvidia | ATI |
| GPU name | GT200 B3 | Redwood |
| Market | Desktop | Desktop |
| Clock speed (MHz) | 650 | 775 |
| Is dual GPU | - | - |
| Model | GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 | Radeon HD 5690 |
| Memory | ||
| Memory (MB) | 896 | 1,024 |
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 117.6 | 32 |
| Memory bus (bit) | 448 | 128 |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 1,050 | 1,000 |
| Effective memory clock speed (MHz) | 2,100 | 2,000 |
| Noise and power | ||
| TDP (W) | 171 | 64 |
| Raw performance | ||
| Pixel rate (GPixel/s) | 18.2 | 6.2 |
| Render output processors | 28 | 8 |
| Texture mapping units | 72 | 20 |
| Shading units | 216 | 400 |
| Floating-point performance (GFLOPS) | 605 | 620 |
| Compute units | - | 5 |
| Texture rate (GTexel/s) | 46.8 | 15.5 |