AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs AMD Radeon HD 6510

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and AMD Radeon HD 6510 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 17.16 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3158 vs 2551
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3158 vs 2551
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 December 2015 vs 14 May 2011
Texture fill rate 17.16 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 vs 2551
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 vs 2551

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6510

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 620 MHz
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
  • Around 14% better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1334 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 38% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7845 vs 5688
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1970 vs 1775
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1970 vs 1775
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 620 MHz
Pipelines 480 vs 384
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
Memory clock speed 1334 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 7845 vs 5688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1970 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1970 vs 1775

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6510

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5688
7845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1775
1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
2551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1775
1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
2551
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260X AMD Radeon HD 6510
PassMark - G3D Mark 997
PassMark - G2D Mark 160
Geekbench - OpenCL 5688 7845
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1775 1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 2551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1775 1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 2551
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M260X AMD Radeon HD 6510

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Opal Turks
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 6 December 2015 14 May 2011
Place in performance rating 1219 1222
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 715 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 620 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops 624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 480
Texture fill rate 17.16 GTexel / s 15.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 716 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 165 mm

API support

DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 16 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1334 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore