AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and AMD Radeon HD 8670D 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.

AMD Radeon R7 M260X

AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 997 vs 531
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5979 vs 2087
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1893 vs 920
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1893 vs 920

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 December 2015 vs 4 June 2013
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	997 vs 531
Geekbench - OpenCL	5979 vs 2087
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893 vs 920

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 844 MHz vs 620 MHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 185 vs 168
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1980 vs 1775
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 3158
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1980 vs 1775
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 3158

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	844 MHz vs 620 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	185 vs 168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1980 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1980 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 3158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8670D

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

997

531

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

185

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5979

2087

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1893

920

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1775

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1893

920

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1775

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

3340

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
PassMark - G3D Mark	997	531
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	185
Geekbench - OpenCL	5979	2087
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1775	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1775	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Terascale 3
Code name	Opal	Richland
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	6 December 2015	4 June 2013
Place in performance rating	1203	1206
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	715 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	620 MHz	844 MHz
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	11
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	1
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore