AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and NVIDIA GeForce 930M 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 8 month(s) later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 161 vs 150
  • Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5753 vs 5084
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 December 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 161 vs 150
Geekbench - OpenCL 5753 vs 5084

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930M

  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 928 MHz vs 620 MHz
  • Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 941 MHz vs 715 MHz
  • Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 22.58 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
  • Around 32% better floating-point performance: 722.7 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1012 vs 986
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1987 vs 1893
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 1775
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3158
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1987 vs 1893
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 1775
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3158
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 928 MHz vs 620 MHz
Boost clock speed 941 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate 22.58 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 722.7 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1012 vs 986
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1987 vs 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1987 vs 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 930M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
986
1012
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
161
150
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5753
5084
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1893
1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1775
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1893
1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1775
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
3356
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260X NVIDIA GeForce 930M
PassMark - G3D Mark 986 1012
PassMark - G2D Mark 161 150
Geekbench - OpenCL 5753 5084
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1893 1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1775 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1893 1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1775 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 166.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.246

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M260X NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Opal GM108
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 6 December 2015 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 1225 1226
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 715 MHz 941 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 620 MHz 928 MHz
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops 722.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 17.16 GTexel / s 22.58 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 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 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
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus