AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and ATI Radeon 9800 SE 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

ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 87% higher core clock speed: 620 MHz vs 331 MHz
13x more texture fill rate: 17.16 GTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
Around 72% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 580 MHz
41.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 994 vs 24
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 162 vs 131

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 December 2015 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	620 MHz vs 331 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	994 vs 24
PassMark - G2D Mark	162 vs 131

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

994

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

162

131

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	994	24
PassMark - G2D Mark	162	131
Geekbench - OpenCL	5753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 8
Code name	Opal	R350
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	6 December 2015	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1209	1206
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	715 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	620 MHz	331 MHz
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s	1.324 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy
API support
DirectX	12	9.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	9.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	580 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore