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
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| Name | AMD Radeon R7 260X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX |
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| 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 | 12216 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R7 260X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | |
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| Eyefinity | ||
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| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12 API |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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| 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 |
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| DDMA audio | ||
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| 3D Vision | ||
| 3D Vision / 3DTV Play | ||
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
| FXAA | ||
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| TXAA | ||
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