GeForce GTX 260 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 260 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 260 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 260 Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • GeForce GTX 260 has 895 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 260 is 288 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 4013 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 260.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 8−9
ultra / 1080p 1−2 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 20−22
medium / 1080p 5−6 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than GeForce GTX 260.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 260 Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Maxwell
Code name GT200 Surface Book
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 16 June 2008 1 October 2015
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 1242 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 36.9 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 476.9 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 448 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 111.9 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 2.1
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA + +
CUDA cores 192
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 30 Mh/s
Optimus +
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