AMD Radeon R7 260X vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X and ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 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), 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), 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 R7 260X

ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.1x more boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 480 MHz
32.2x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
224x more pipelines: 896 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
66.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3194 vs 48
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 523 vs 263

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 1 March 2007
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 480 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3194 vs 48
PassMark - G2D Mark	523 vs 263

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260X
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3194

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

523

263

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260X	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
PassMark - G3D Mark	3194	48
PassMark - G2D Mark	523	263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1481

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 260X	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	R500
Code name	Bonaire	M64
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$139
Place in performance rating	645	647
Price now	$239
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	17.15
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	480 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	896	4
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	1.916 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	107 million
Core clock speed		479 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	7.14 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	400 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Memory clock speed		784 MHz
Shared memory		no
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync