AMD Radeon R7 M260 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM 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 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 74% higher core clock speed: 940 MHz vs 540 MHz
  • Around 74% higher texture fill rate: 22.56 GTexel / s vs 12.96 GTexel / s
  • 5.3x more pipelines: 384 vs 72
  • 3.9x better floating-point performance: 721.9 gflops vs 187.49 gflops
  • 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
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 506 vs 461
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 121 vs 62
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 June 2014 vs 2 February 2010
Core clock speed 940 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate 22.56 GTexel / s vs 12.96 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 72
Floating-point performance 721.9 gflops vs 187.49 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 506 vs 461
PassMark - G2D Mark 121 vs 62

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

  • Around 58% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 59% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8132 vs 5130
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2502 vs 1704
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2502 vs 1704
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 8132 vs 5130
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2502 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2502 vs 1704

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
506
461
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
121
62
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5130
8132
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1704
2502
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1704
2502
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260 NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 506 461
PassMark - G2D Mark 121 62
Geekbench - OpenCL 5130 8132
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 2502
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1704 2502

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M260 NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Topaz GT215
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 11 June 2014 2 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $799
Place in performance rating 1476 1477
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 540 MHz
Floating-point performance 721.9 gflops 187.49 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 72
Texture fill rate 22.56 GTexel / s 12.96 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million 727 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 175 mm

API support

DirectX 12 10.1
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB/s 25.28 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1580 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore