AMD Radeon R7 M260DX vs AMD Radeon R7 240

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260DX and AMD Radeon R7 240 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260DX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 940 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • 3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18010 vs 5146
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 October 2014 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed 940 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 18010 vs 5146

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1688 vs 1047
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1688 vs 1047
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 1019
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 1019
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2165
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2165
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 271 vs 195
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 899 vs 817
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1688 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1688 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2342 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2342 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 2165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 2165
PassMark - G2D Mark 271 vs 195
PassMark - G3D Mark 899 vs 817

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260DX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
18010
5146
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1047
1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1047
1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1019
2342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1019
2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2165
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2165
3353
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
195
271
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
817
899
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260DX AMD Radeon R7 240
Geekbench - OpenCL 18010 5146
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1047 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1047 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1019 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1019 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2165 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2165 3353
PassMark - G2D Mark 195 271
PassMark - G3D Mark 817 899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 290.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.326
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M260DX AMD Radeon R7 240

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Topaz Oland
Launch date 12 October 2014 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 1255 1256
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $69
Price now $49.99
Value for money (0-100) 24.92

Technical info

Boost clock speed 940 MHz 780 MHz
Core clock speed 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,040 million
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops
Pipelines 320
Stream Processors 320
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz
Memory type DDR3

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync