AMD Radeon R7 M260 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M 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 Quadro FX 380M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 940 MHz vs 606 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 22.56 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 384 vs 16
15.4x better floating-point performance: 721.9 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 506 vs 121
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 121 vs 106
Around 80% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5130 vs 2851

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 June 2014 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed	940 MHz vs 606 MHz
Texture fill rate	22.56 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 16
Floating-point performance	721.9 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	506 vs 121
PassMark - G2D Mark	121 vs 106
Geekbench - OpenCL	5130 vs 2851

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

Around 58% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

506

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

106

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5130

2851

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
PassMark - G3D Mark	506	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	121	106
Geekbench - OpenCL	5130	2851
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	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Topaz	GT218
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	11 June 2014	7 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$799
Place in performance rating	1476	1478
Price now	$799
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.33
Technical info
Boost clock speed	980 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	940 MHz	606 MHz
Floating-point performance	721.9 gflops	46.98 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	16
Texture fill rate	22.56 GTexel / s	4.85 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	260 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 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 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1580 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore
CUDA