AMD Radeon R7 M260DX vs NVIDIA GeForce 705M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260DX and NVIDIA GeForce 705M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260DX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 738 MHz
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2165 vs 1629
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2165 vs 1629
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 817 vs 456
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 October 2014 vs 27 September 2013
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 738 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2165 vs 1629
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2165 vs 1629
PassMark - G3D Mark 817 vs 456

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 705M

  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1131 vs 1019
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1131 vs 1019
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 455 vs 195
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1131 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1131 vs 1019
PassMark - G2D Mark 455 vs 195

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 705M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1019
1131
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1019
1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2165
1629
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2165
1629
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
195
455
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
817
456
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260DX NVIDIA GeForce 705M
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 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1019 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2165 1629
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2165 1629
PassMark - G2D Mark 195 455
PassMark - G3D Mark 817 456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 115.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.904
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 11.055

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M260DX NVIDIA GeForce 705M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Topaz GF117
Launch date 12 October 2014 27 September 2013
Place in performance rating 1269 1271
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 940 MHz
Core clock speed 925 MHz 738 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Transistor count 3,100 million 585 million
Floating-point performance 141.7 gflops
Pipelines 48
Texture fill rate 5.904 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 2560x1600
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 2.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3

Technologies

Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus