AMD Radeon R7 M260 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 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 10 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 940 MHz vs 375 MHz
  • 5x more texture fill rate: 22.56 GTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
  • 5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 501 vs 101
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 121 vs 78
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 June 2014 vs 1 April 2004
Core clock speed 940 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate 22.56 GTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 501 vs 101
PassMark - G2D Mark 121 vs 78

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
501
101
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
121
78
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
PassMark - G3D Mark 501 101
PassMark - G2D Mark 121 78
Geekbench - OpenCL 5117
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 4000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Curie
Code name Topaz NV40 A1
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 11 June 2014 1 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $2,199
Place in performance rating 1487 1484
Price now $799
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 1.33

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 940 MHz 375 MHz
Floating-point performance 721.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 130 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 22.56 GTexel / s 4.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million 222 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 142 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 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 2x Molex

API support

DirectX 12 9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB/s 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore