AMD Radeon R7 M260DX vs ATI Radeon X1600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260DX and ATI Radeon X1600 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 X1600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 635 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2165 vs 1019
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2165 vs 1019
16.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 817 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2014 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 635 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2165 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2165 vs 1019
PassMark - G3D Mark	817 vs 49

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 195

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 195

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260DX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2165

1019

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2165

1019

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

195

209

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

817

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260DX	ATI Radeon X1600
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	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2165	1019
PassMark - G2D Mark	195	209
PassMark - G3D Mark	817	49

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260DX	ATI Radeon X1600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	R500
Code name	Topaz	RV516
Launch date	12 October 2014	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	1255	1252
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	940 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	635 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	107 million
Texture fill rate		2.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		27 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2