AMD Radeon R7 260X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 122 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 43.745 vs 25.421
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 804.436 vs 734.936
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.673 vs 2.31
  • Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.088 vs 35.434
  • 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 221.539 vs 56.706
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3336
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3336
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 23 October 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 122 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 43.745 vs 25.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 804.436 vs 734.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.673 vs 2.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.088 vs 35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 221.539 vs 56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3336

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 71% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 896
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4138 vs 3190
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 534 vs 523
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5683 vs 3845
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3571 vs 3485
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5683 vs 3845
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3571 vs 3485
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 92.2 billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 896
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4138 vs 3190
PassMark - G2D Mark 534 vs 523
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5683 vs 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3571 vs 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5683 vs 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3571 vs 3485

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3190
4138
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
523
534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.745
25.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
804.436
734.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.673
2.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
64.088
35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
221.539
56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3845
5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3485
3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3845
5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3485
3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3336
Name AMD Radeon R7 260X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
PassMark - G3D Mark 3190 4138
PassMark - G2D Mark 523 534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 43.745 25.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 804.436 734.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.673 2.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.088 35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 221.539 56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3845 5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3485 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3845 5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3485 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1481
Geekbench - OpenCL 12178

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 260X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Kepler
Code name Bonaire
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 23 October 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $139
Place in performance rating 648 650
Price now $239
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 17.15

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 896 1536
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s 92.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 122 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 3540 Million
Core clock speed 720 MHz
CUDA cores 1536

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 104 GB/s 160 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA