AMD Radeon R7 M260 vs AMD Radeon HD 6670

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260 and AMD Radeon HD 6670 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 980 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 22.56 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5125 vs 1905
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 14.249 vs 4.861
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.925 vs 0.463
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 19.992 vs 15.918
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 77.895 vs 38.551
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 June 2014 vs 19 April 2011
Boost clock speed 980 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 22.56 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5125 vs 1905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.249 vs 4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.925 vs 0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.992 vs 15.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.895 vs 38.551

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6670

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
  • Around 6% better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 721.9 gflops
  • Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 724 vs 517
  • Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 247 vs 125
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 235.463 vs 145.3
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1564 vs 1404
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3260 vs 1093
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 1704
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1564 vs 1404
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3260 vs 1093
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 1704
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 384
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops vs 721.9 gflops
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 724 vs 517
PassMark - G2D Mark 247 vs 125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 235.463 vs 145.3
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1564 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3260 vs 1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1564 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3260 vs 1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 1704

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6670

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
517
724
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
125
247
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5125
1905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.249
4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
145.3
235.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.925
0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.992
15.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
77.895
38.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1093
3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1704
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1093
3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1704
3348
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260 AMD Radeon HD 6670
PassMark - G3D Mark 517 724
PassMark - G2D Mark 125 247
Geekbench - OpenCL 5125 1905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.249 4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 145.3 235.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.925 0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.992 15.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.895 38.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1404 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1093 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1704 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1404 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1093 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1704 3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M260 AMD Radeon HD 6670

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Topaz Turks
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 11 June 2014 19 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $99
Place in performance rating 1479 1255
Price now $799 $102.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 1.33 13.12

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz 800 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 940 MHz
Floating-point performance 721.9 gflops 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 480
Texture fill rate 22.56 GTexel / s 19.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million 716 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 66 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 168 mm

API support

DirectX 12 11
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB/s 64 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire