AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 3% higher core clock speed: 620 MHz vs 601 MHz
- 2.4x more texture fill rate: 17.16 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 384 vs 240
- Around 90% better floating-point performance: 549.1 gflops vs 288.48 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
- 16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
- 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 995 vs 292
- Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3158 vs 2648
- Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3158 vs 2648
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 6 December 2015 vs 6 November 2007 |
Core clock speed | 620 MHz vs 601 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 17.16 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 384 vs 240 |
Floating-point performance | 549.1 gflops vs 288.48 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 80 nm |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 256 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 995 vs 292 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3158 vs 2648 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3158 vs 2648 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
- Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 344 vs 169
Specifications (specs) | |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 344 vs 169 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R7 M260X | ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 995 | 292 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 169 | 344 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 5979 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1893 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1775 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3158 | 2648 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1893 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1775 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3158 | 2648 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon R7 M260X | ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale |
Code name | Opal | R600 |
Design | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series | |
Launch date | 6 December 2015 | 6 November 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 1201 | 775 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 715 MHz | |
Compute units | 6 | |
Core clock speed | 620 MHz | 601 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 549.1 gflops | 288.48 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 240 |
Texture fill rate | 17.16 GTexel / s | 7.21 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 1,040 million | 720 million |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 10.0 |
Mantle | ||
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 51.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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HD3D | ||
PCIe 3.0 | ||
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Switchable graphics | ||
Zero Core | ||
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