AMD Radeon R7 M260 vs ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260 and ATI Radeon 9600 SE 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).

AMD Radeon R7 M260

ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 940 MHz vs 325 MHz
17.4x more texture fill rate: 22.56 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 400 MHz
19.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 517 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 June 2014 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	940 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	22.56 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	517 vs 27

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 143 vs 125

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	143 vs 125

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

517

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

125

143

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260	ATI Radeon 9600 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	517	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	125	143
Geekbench - OpenCL	5125
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1704

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260	ATI Radeon 9600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rage 8
Code name	Topaz	RV350
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	11 June 2014	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$799
Place in performance rating	1479	1176
Price now	$799
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.33
Technical info
Boost clock speed	980 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	940 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	721.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	22.56 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore