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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
995
292
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
169
344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
2648
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260X ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12 10.0
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.3 3.3

Memory

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

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore