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).

AMD Radeon R7 M260

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

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
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 498 vs 101
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 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	498 vs 101
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 78

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

498

101

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
PassMark - G3D Mark	498	101
PassMark - G2D Mark	120	78
Geekbench - OpenCL	5066
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