AMD Radeon R5 M320 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M320 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R5 M320

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M320

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 576 MHz
Around 48% higher pipelines: 320 vs 216
Around 2% better floating-point performance: 547.2 gflops vs 536.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4.6x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 896 MB

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 16 September 2008
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 576 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 216
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops vs 536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 896 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

2.4x more texture fill rate: 41.5 GTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
2x more memory clock speed: 1998 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M320
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M320	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
PassMark - G3D Mark	467
PassMark - G2D Mark	140
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.564
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1202
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1202
Geekbench - OpenCL	5002

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M320	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Jet	GT200
Design	AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	16 September 2008
Place in performance rating	1402	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	780 MHz	576 MHz
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops	536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320	216
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s	41.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,400 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		182 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1998 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore