| Attribute | GeForce GTS 260M × | Radeon HD 7490M × |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | ||
| Release year (year) | 2009 | 2012 |
| GPU brand | Nvidia | AMD |
| GPU name | GT215 | Seymour |
| Market | Laptop | Laptop |
| Clock speed (MHz) | 550 | 800 |
| Is dual GPU | - | - |
| Model | GeForce GTS 260M | Radeon HD 7490M |
| Memory | ||
| Memory (MB) | 1,024 | 1,024 |
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 57.6 | 30.4 |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 | 64 |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 900 | 950 |
| Effective memory clock speed (MHz) | 3,600 | 3,800 |
| Noise and power | ||
| TDP (W) | 38 | 9 |
| Raw performance | ||
| Pixel rate (GPixel/s) | 4.4 | 3.2 |
| Render output processors | 8 | 4 |
| Texture mapping units | 32 | 8 |
| Shading units | 96 | 160 |
| Floating-point performance (GFLOPS) | 264 | 256 |
| Compute units | - | 2 |
| Texture rate (GTexel/s) | 17.6 | 6.4 |