AMD Radeon R7 M260 vs ATI Radeon IGP 345M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260 and ATI Radeon IGP 345M 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 IGP 345M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 8 month(s) later
5.1x more core clock speed: 940 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 180 nm
166x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 498 vs 3
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 82

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 June 2014 vs 5 October 2002
Core clock speed	940 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 180 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	498 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 82

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260
GPU 2: ATI Radeon IGP 345M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

498

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260	ATI Radeon IGP 345M
PassMark - G3D Mark	498	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	120	82
Geekbench - OpenCL	4841
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 IGP 345M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rage 6
Code name	Topaz	RS200
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	11 June 2014	5 October 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$799
Place in performance rating	1483	1480
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	183 MHz
Floating-point performance	721.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	22.56 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	30 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 4x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12	7.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.3	1.4
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
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore