AMD Radeon R7 M260 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition 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

NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 14.249 vs 10.243
Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 19.992 vs 18.793
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 77.895 vs 19.139
27.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1404 vs 51
23.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1093 vs 47
28.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1704 vs 59.6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 June 2014 vs 8 November 2013
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.249 vs 10.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.992 vs 18.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	77.895 vs 19.139
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1404 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1093 vs 47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1704 vs 59.6

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 940 MHz
Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 34.72 GTexel / s vs 22.56 GTexel / s
Around 15% better floating-point performance: 833.3 gflops vs 721.9 gflops
5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 393.811 vs 145.3
Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.966 vs 0.925
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3011 vs 1404
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2916 vs 1093
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 1704

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1085 MHz vs 940 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.72 GTexel / s vs 22.56 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	833.3 gflops vs 721.9 gflops
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	393.811 vs 145.3
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.966 vs 0.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3011 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2916 vs 1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335 vs 1704

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14.249

10.243

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

145.3

393.811

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.925

0.966

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.992

18.793

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

77.895

19.139

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1404

3011

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1093

2916

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1704

3335

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1404

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1093

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1704

59.6

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260	NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	497
PassMark - G2D Mark	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	4817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.249	10.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	145.3	393.811
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.925	0.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.992	18.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	77.895	19.139
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1404	3011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1093	2916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1704	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1404	51
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1093	47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1704	59.6

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260	NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Topaz	GK107
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	11 June 2014	8 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$799
Place in performance rating	1487	1489
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	1085 MHz
Floating-point performance	721.9 gflops	833.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	22.56 GTexel / s	34.72 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	1,270 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		50 Watt
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	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	80 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore