AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs NVIDIA GeForce 830M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and NVIDIA GeForce 830M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 161 vs 136
  • Around 38% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5753 vs 4160
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1893 vs 1729
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1893 vs 1729
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 December 2015 vs 12 March 2014
Pipelines 384 vs 256
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 161 vs 136
Geekbench - OpenCL 5753 vs 4160
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1893 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1893 vs 1729

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 830M

  • Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 620 MHz
  • Around 61% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 715 MHz
  • Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 18.4 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
  • Around 7% better floating-point performance: 588.8 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1008 vs 986
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3589 vs 1775
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 3158
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3589 vs 1775
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 3158
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1082 MHz vs 620 MHz
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate 18.4 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1008 vs 986
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3589 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3589 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 830M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
986
1008
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
161
136
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5753
4160
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1893
1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1775
3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1893
1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1775
3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
3352
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260X NVIDIA GeForce 830M
PassMark - G3D Mark 986 1008
PassMark - G2D Mark 161 136
Geekbench - OpenCL 5753 4160
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1893 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1775 3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1893 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1775 3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.955
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 17.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 67.443

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M260X NVIDIA GeForce 830M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Opal GM108
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 6 December 2015 12 March 2014
Place in performance rating 1225 1228
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 715 MHz 1150 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 620 MHz 1082 MHz
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops 588.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 256
Texture fill rate 17.16 GTexel / s 18.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8 PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus