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GeForce GTX 260

Price and performance details for the GeForce GTX 260 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the videocard compared to the 10 other common videocards in terms of PassMark G3D Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

GeForce GTX 260

Bus Interface: PCIe 2.0 x16

Max Memory Size: 896 MB

Core Clock(s): 576 MHz

Memory Clock(s): 1998 MHz

DirectX: 10

OpenGL: 3.3

Max TDP: 202 W

Videocard Category: Desktop

Other names: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1)

Videocard First Benchmarked: 2012-08-10

G3DMark/Price: 4.20

Overall Rank:  1235

Last Price Change:  $285.78 USD (2024-08-21)

Average G3D Mark
1201

Average G2D Mark: 47
Samples: 3066

Videocard Test Suite Average Results for GeForce GTX 260

DirectX 925 Frames/Sec
DirectX 107 Frames/Sec
DirectX 110 Frames/Sec
DirectX 120 Frames/Sec
GPU Compute0 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 13th of February 2026.

G3D Mark Distribution for GeForce GTX 260

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 16th of November 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of November 2025.

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Pricing History

G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,040
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,139
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,287
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,532
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,755
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,105
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,872
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,356
GeForce GTX 260
 		1,201
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 4060
 65.11
GeForce RTX 2060
 57.57
GeForce RTX 3070
 54.57
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 53.53
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 52.98
GeForce GTX 1650
 40.49
GeForce RTX 3080
 39.52
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 37.23
GeForce GTX 260
 		4.20
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for GeForce GTX 260
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL3247995 - Jan 28 2026
1144
BL3226229 - Jan 19 2026
1463
BL3074909 - Nov 22 2025
1411
BL3036527 - Nov 08 2025
1342
BL3025461 - Nov 03 2025
1090
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Popular comparisons for GeForce GTX 260
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce GTX 260
 		1,201
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs GeForce GTX 260
 42,223 (+3416.3%)
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs GeForce GTX 260
 41,406 (+3348.3%)
RTX PRO 5000 72GB Blackwell vs GeForce GTX 260
 40,493 (+3272.3%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce GTX 260
 38,865 (+3136.7%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 260
 38,095 (+3072.6%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce GTX 260
 35,717 (+2874.5%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs GeForce GTX 260
 35,635 (+2867.6%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce GTX 260
 34,444 (+2768.5%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 260
 34,243 (+2751.8%)
nVidia L40-48Q vs GeForce GTX 260
 33,270 (+2670.7%)
nVidia L40-4Q vs GeForce GTX 260
 32,601 (+2615.0%)
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