AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and NVIDIA GeForce 940M 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 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 161 vs 154
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 154

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940M

  • Around 73% higher core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 620 MHz
  • Around 64% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 715 MHz
  • Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
  • Around 64% better floating-point performance: 903.2 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1126 vs 986
  • Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5931 vs 5753
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2132 vs 1893
  • Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3065 vs 1775
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3158
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2132 vs 1893
  • Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3065 vs 1775
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3158
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1072 MHz vs 620 MHz
Boost clock speed 1176 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1126 vs 986
Geekbench - OpenCL 5931 vs 5753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2132 vs 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3065 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2132 vs 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3065 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
986
1126
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
161
154
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5753
5931
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1893
2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1775
3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1893
2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1775
3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
3357
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260X NVIDIA GeForce 940M
PassMark - G3D Mark 986 1126
PassMark - G2D Mark 161 154
Geekbench - OpenCL 5753 5931
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1893 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1775 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1893 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1775 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 506
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 101.399

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M260X NVIDIA GeForce 940M

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 1224 1226
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 715 MHz 1176 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 620 MHz 1072 MHz
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops 903.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 17.16 GTexel / s 28.22 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,870 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 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
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus