AMD Radeon R7 M260DX vs NVIDIA GRID K180Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260DX and NVIDIA GRID K180Q 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

NVIDIA GRID K180Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 195 vs 113
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 817 vs 534

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2014 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 850 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	195 vs 113
PassMark - G3D Mark	817 vs 534

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K180Q

Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1201 vs 1047
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1201 vs 1047
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1744 vs 1019
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1744 vs 1019
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2688 vs 2165
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2688 vs 2165

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1201 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1201 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1744 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1744 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2688 vs 2165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2688 vs 2165

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K180Q

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1047

1201

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1047

1201

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1019

1744

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1019

1744

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2165

2688

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2165

2688

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

195

113

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

817

534

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260DX	NVIDIA GRID K180Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	18010
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1047	1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1047	1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1019	1744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1019	1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2165	2688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2165	2688
PassMark - G2D Mark	195	113
PassMark - G3D Mark	817	534

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260DX	NVIDIA GRID K180Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Topaz	GK107
Launch date	12 October 2014	28 June 2013
Place in performance rating	1255	1257
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$125
Technical info
Boost clock speed	940 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	1,270 million
Floating-point performance		326.4 gflops
Pipelines		192
Texture fill rate		13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		130 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1782 MHz
Memory type		DDR3