AMD Radeon E9171 MCM vs AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E9171 MCM and AMD Radeon R7 M260X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon E9171 MCM

AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9171 MCM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 81% higher core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 620 MHz
Around 70% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 715 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
2.3x better floating-point performance: 1,248 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	3 October 2017 vs 6 December 2015
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 620 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E9171 MCM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Name	AMD Radeon E9171 MCM	AMD Radeon R7 M260X
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	924.953
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	97.705
PassMark - G3D Mark		988
PassMark - G2D Mark		161
Geekbench - OpenCL		5753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E9171 MCM	AMD Radeon R7 M260X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Lexa	Opal
Launch date	3 October 2017	6 December 2015
Place in performance rating	1225	1226
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	715 MHz
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	620 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops	549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	384
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel / s	17.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,040 million
Compute units		6
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	64 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore