AMD Radeon R7 M260DX vs ATI Radeon 9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260DX and ATI Radeon 9000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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

ATI Radeon 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 195 vs 123
204.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 817 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2014 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	195 vs 123
PassMark - G3D Mark	817 vs 4

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260DX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

195

123

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

817

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260DX	ATI Radeon 9000
Geekbench - OpenCL	18010
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	123
PassMark - G3D Mark	817	4

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260DX	ATI Radeon 9000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rage 7
Code name	Topaz	RV250
Launch date	12 October 2014	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1255	1253
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	940 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	36 million
Texture fill rate		1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		28 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR