AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs Intel HD Graphics 2000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and Intel HD Graphics 2000 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

Intel HD Graphics 2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
64x more pipelines: 384 vs 6
53.8x better floating-point performance: 549.1 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 997 vs 213
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3158 vs 1039
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3158 vs 1039

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 December 2015 vs 5 January 2011
Pipelines	384 vs 6
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	997 vs 213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158 vs 1039

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2000

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 620 MHz
Around 61% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 715 MHz
49.5x more texture fill rate: 850 MTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 168

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 620 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate	850 MTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	456 vs 168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

997

213

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

456

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

1039

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

1039

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	Intel HD Graphics 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark	997	213
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	456
Geekbench - OpenCL	5979
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158	1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158	1039
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	Intel HD Graphics 2000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 6.0
Code name	Opal	Sandy Bridge GT1
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	6 December 2015	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1200	687
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	715 MHz	1150 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	620 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops	10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	384	6
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s	850 MTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
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
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.3	3.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 / 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
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