AMD Radeon R7 M260 vs AMD Radeon HD 7420G

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260 and AMD Radeon HD 7420G 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 96% higher core clock speed: 940 MHz vs 480 MHz
  • Around 50% higher boost clock speed: 980 MHz vs 655 MHz
  • 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 499 vs 309
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 105
  • 7.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5079 vs 675
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1093 vs 881
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1093 vs 881
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 June 2014 vs 1 June 2012
Core clock speed 940 MHz vs 480 MHz
Boost clock speed 980 MHz vs 655 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 499 vs 309
PassMark - G2D Mark 120 vs 105
Geekbench - OpenCL 5079 vs 675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1093 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1093 vs 881

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7420G

  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2023 vs 1704
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2023 vs 1704
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2023 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2023 vs 1704

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7420G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
499
309
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
120
105
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5079
675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1093
881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1704
2023
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1093
881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1704
2023
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260 AMD Radeon HD 7420G
PassMark - G3D Mark 499 309
PassMark - G2D Mark 120 105
Geekbench - OpenCL 5079 675
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 145.3
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.992
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.895
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1093 881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1704 2023
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1093 881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1704 2023

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M260 AMD Radeon HD 7420G

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Terascale 3
Code name Topaz Trinity
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 11 June 2014 1 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $799
Place in performance rating 1487 1490
Price now $799
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 1.33

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz 655 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 940 MHz 480 MHz
Floating-point performance 721.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 384 128
Texture fill rate 22.56 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 11
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.3

Memory

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

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore