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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
997
462
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
168
175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
2485
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260X NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12 10.0
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.3 3.3

Memory

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

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