The Ranking for nVIDIA cards goes as follows:
- G or GS - The standard video cards with core clocks that are not high and are made to keep a minimum performance.
- GT - Slightly higher core clocks and possibly more onboard memory than the GT, It is mainly a budget performance card.
- GTS - Includes possibly more onboard ram and higher than average core clocks possibly more pixel shaders or pipelines to increase performance.
- GTX - Has the most memory of the group and higher clocks than all previous also includes more pixel pipelines and usually outperforms the GTS by at least 10 - 15 percent.
Comparison:
| Prefix |
Target |
Number Range |
Shader amount |
Memory |
Outputs |
Example products |
| Type |
Width |
Size |
| No prefix, G, or GT |
Business, HTPC |
00-40 |
≤25% |
DDR2, (G)DDR3 |
25%-50% |
~25% |
VGA/DVI |
GeForce 210, GeForce GT 220, GeForce G 405, GeForce 430, GeForce GT 440 |
| GT, GTS |
Video Games, Multimedia |
40-50 |
25%-50% |
(G)DDR3, GDDR5 |
50%-75% |
50%-75% |
VGA/DVI
Two DVI |
GeForce GT 240, GeForce GTS 250, GeForce GTS 450 |
| GTX |
Enthusiast |
50-95 |
50%-100% |
GDDR5 |
75%-100% |
50%-100% |
VGA/DVI
Two DVI
DVI/HDMI |
(200 Series) GeForce GTX 260/275/280/285/295, (400 Series) GeForce GTX 460/465/470/480, (500 Series) GeForce GTX 550 Ti/560/560 Ti/570/580/590 |
Similar to the mobile GPUs, Nvidia also released a few GPUs in "small form factor" format, for use in all-in-one desktops. These GPUs are suffixed with an S, similar to the M used for mobile products.
Further Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce
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