GeForce GTX 260 vs Radeon HD 4770

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 260 and Radeon HD 4770, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 260 stacks up against Radeon HD 4770, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 260 Radeon HD 4770
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 80 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 512 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • GeForce GTX 260 has 127% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 4770.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 260 has 384 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4770.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 4770 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 260 is 492 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4770.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4770 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4770 is 193 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 260.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4770 is 2201 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 260.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 1−2
ultra / 1080p 1−2 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 10−12
medium / 1080p 5−6 2−3
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 260 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 60% more, than Radeon HD 4770.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 260 Radeon HD 4770
Architecture Tesla 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GT200 RV740
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 16 June 2008 28 April 2009
Pipelines 192 640
Core clock speed 1242 MHz 750 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 826 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 36.9 billion/sec 24.00
Floating-point performance 476.9 gflops 960.0 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) 203 mm
Memory bus width 448 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 111.9 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.0 4.1
OpenGL 2.1 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A 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
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