AMD Radeon R7 M260DX vs NVIDIA GeForce 840M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260DX and NVIDIA GeForce 840M 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 7 month(s) later
- 3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18010 vs 5745
- Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 195 vs 151
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 12 October 2014 vs 12 March 2014 |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 18010 vs 5745 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 195 vs 151 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840M
- Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 925 MHz
- Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 940 MHz
- Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2085 vs 1047
- Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2085 vs 1047
- 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2736 vs 1019
- 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2736 vs 1019
- Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3191 vs 2165
- Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3191 vs 2165
- Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1096 vs 817
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1029 MHz vs 925 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz vs 940 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2085 vs 1047 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2085 vs 1047 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2736 vs 1019 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2736 vs 1019 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3191 vs 2165 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3191 vs 2165 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1096 vs 817 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840M
Geekbench - OpenCL |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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Name | AMD Radeon R7 M260DX | NVIDIA GeForce 840M |
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Geekbench - OpenCL | 18010 | 5745 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1047 | 2085 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1047 | 2085 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1019 | 2736 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1019 | 2736 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2165 | 3191 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2165 | 3191 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 195 | 151 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 817 | 1096 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 22.848 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 162.594 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.237 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 21.15 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 95.545 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 503 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon R7 M260DX | NVIDIA GeForce 840M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 3.0 | Maxwell |
Code name | Topaz | GM108 |
Launch date | 12 October 2014 | 12 March 2014 |
Place in performance rating | 1255 | 1256 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 940 MHz | 1124 MHz |
Core clock speed | 925 MHz | 1029 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Transistor count | 3,100 million | |
Floating-point performance | 863.2 gflops | |
Pipelines | 384 | |
Texture fill rate | 17.98 GTexel / s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | IGP | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | |
Memory bandwidth | 16.02 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 2002 MHz | |
Memory type | DDR3 | |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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