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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:  1254

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

Average G3D Mark
1200

Average G2D Mark: 46
Samples: 3072

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 7th of June 2026.

G3D Mark Distribution for GeForce GTX 260

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 28th of February 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of February 2026.

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Machines with this Videocard (or similar)

Shuttle XPC Slim DH02U Mini Barebone PC Embedded Intel Kabylake-U Celeron 3865U Processors and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Graphics No RAM No HDD/SSD No OS Black Shuttle XPC Slim DH02U Mini Barebone PC Embedded Intel Kabylake-U Celeron 3865U Processors and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Graphics No RAM No HDD/SSD No OS Black $99.99
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G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 7th of June 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,004
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,108
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,249
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,502
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,724
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,093
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,872
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,363
GeForce GTX 260
 		1,200
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,040
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of June 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3070
 60.14
GeForce RTX 2060
 59.95
GeForce RTX 4060
 53.06
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 48.95
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 48.39
GeForce RTX 3080
 40.98
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 36.36
GeForce GTX 1650
 26.24
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
BL3496495 - May 29 2026
1127
BL3495705 - May 29 2026
792
BL3438558 - Apr 28 2026
1179
BL3419420 - Apr 18 2026
1180
BL3414338 - Apr 16 2026
1240
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Popular comparisons for GeForce GTX 260
As of 7th of June 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce GTX 260
 		1,200
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs GeForce GTX 260
 41,588 (+3365.1%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce GTX 260
 38,943 (+3144.7%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 260
 38,072 (+3072.2%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs GeForce GTX 260
 37,990 (+3065.4%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce GTX 260
 35,687 (+2873.5%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce GTX 260
 34,454 (+2770.8%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 260
 34,258 (+2754.5%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs GeForce GTX 260
 33,460 (+2687.9%)
nVidia L40-48Q vs GeForce GTX 260
 33,270 (+2672.1%)
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell vs GeForce GTX 260
 32,951 (+2645.5%)
GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 vs GeForce GTX 260
 32,936 (+2644.3%)
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