AMD Radeon R7 M260X videocard review

AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Radeon R7 M260X videocard released by AMD; release date: 6 December 2015. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Opal.

Core clock speed - 620 MHz. Boost clock speed - 715 MHz. Texture fill rate - 17.16 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 549.1 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,040 million.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 128 bit. Memory clock speed - 1000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 64 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
986
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
161
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
5753
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1893 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1775 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3158 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1893.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1775.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3158.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 986
PassMark - G2D Mark 161
Geekbench - OpenCL 5753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1893 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1775 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3158 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1893.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1775.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3158.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Games performance

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x76830.40
Medium, 1366x76819.80
High, 1920x10806.80
Ultra, 1920x10804.50

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x76829.50
Medium, 1366x76821.10
High, 1920x108011.40
Ultra, 1920x10808.20

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Low, 1024x76811.70
Medium, 1366x7688.70

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x76848.50
Medium, 1366x76828.80
High, 1920x108015.50

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x76855.80
Medium, 1366x76837.00
High, 1920x108020.20
Ultra, 1920x108015.70

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72045.00
Medium, 1344x75627.20
High, 1920x108015.50
Ultra, 1920x10804.10

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768157.60
Medium, 1366x76851.90
High, 1920x108026.10
Ultra, 1920x108022.80

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76821.80
Medium, 1366x76815.80
High, 1366x76812.00
Ultra, 1920x10807.70

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x76848.50
Medium, 1366x76832.60
High, 1366x76822.60
Ultra, 1920x10808.20

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76844.30
Medium, 1366x76828.90
High, 1366x76815.50
Ultra, 1920x10806.90

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Medium, 1366x76844.90
High, 1366x76839.30
Ultra, 1920x108013.50

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768108.50
Medium, 1366x76851.60
High, 1366x76835.10
Ultra, 1920x108015.80

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76844.10
Medium, 1366x76827.50
High, 1366x76817.40
Ultra, 1920x10806.80

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768101.90
Medium, 1366x76868.00
High, 1366x76857.50
Ultra, 1920x108037.50

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Opal
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 6 December 2015
Place in performance rating 1224
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 715 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 620 MHz
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 17.16 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore