AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX 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 24% higher core clock speed: 620 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
- 2.3x better floating-point performance: 549.1 gflops vs 240 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 997 vs 462
- Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3158 vs 2485
- Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3158 vs 2485
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 6 December 2015 vs 1 November 2007 |
Core clock speed | 620 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Pipelines | 384 vs 96 |
Floating-point performance | 549.1 gflops vs 240 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 65 nm |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 997 vs 462 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3158 vs 2485 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3158 vs 2485 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
- Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 175 vs 168
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 24 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 175 vs 168 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R7 M260X | NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 997 | 462 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 168 | 175 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 5979 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1893 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1775 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3158 | 2485 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1893 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1775 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3158 | 2485 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon R7 M260X | NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Tesla |
Code name | Opal | G92 |
Design | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series | |
Launch date | 6 December 2015 | 1 November 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 1203 | 1152 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 715 MHz | |
Compute units | 6 | |
Core clock speed | 620 MHz | 500 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 549.1 gflops | 240 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 96 |
Texture fill rate | 17.16 GTexel / s | 24 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 1,040 million | 754 million |
CUDA cores | 96 | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-HE |
Laptop size | medium sized | large |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 51.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 800 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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DualGraphics | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
PCIe 3.0 | ||
PowerTune | ||
Switchable graphics | ||
Zero Core | ||
ZeroCore | ||
Gigathread technology | ||
HDCP-capable | ||
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting) | ||
PCI-E 16x | ||
PowerMizer 7.0 | ||
SLI |