GeForce GTX 260 vs Radeon RX Vega 5

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 260 and Radeon RX Vega 5, 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 RX Vega 5, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX Vega 5 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX Vega 5 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 Radeon RX Vega 5 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 260 Radeon RX Vega 5
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • GeForce GTX 260 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX Vega 5 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon RX Vega 5 - with Vega.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega 5 - by 7 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 12−14
ultra / 1080p 1−2 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
low / 720p 14−16 27−30
medium / 1080p 5−6 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 166% more, than GeForce GTX 260.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 260 Radeon RX Vega 5
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Vega
Code name GT200 Vega
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 16 June 2008 7 January 2020
Pipelines 192 320
Core clock speed 1242 MHz
Boost Clock 1400 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 7 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
Memory clock speed 999 MHz
Memory bandwidth 111.9 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12_1
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
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