AMD Radeon R7 M260DX vs AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260DX and AMD Radeon R5 235 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 M260DX

AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 775 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
23x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18010 vs 782
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 195 vs 164
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 817 vs 336

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2014 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 775 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18010 vs 782
PassMark - G2D Mark	195 vs 164
PassMark - G3D Mark	817 vs 336

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260DX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18010

782

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

195

164

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

817

336

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260DX	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	18010	782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2165
PassMark - G2D Mark	195	164
PassMark - G3D Mark	817	336

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260DX	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Topaz	Caicos
Launch date	12 October 2014	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1267	1269
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	940 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	775 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	370 million
Floating-point performance		248.0 gflops
Pipelines		160
Texture fill rate		6.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity