AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M 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.

AMD Radeon R7 M260X

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 17.16 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
Around 85% better floating-point performance: 549.1 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 997 vs 445
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 117
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5979 vs 2476
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1893 vs 1019
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1893 vs 1019

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 December 2015 vs 9 January 2013
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 96
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	997 vs 445
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 117
Geekbench - OpenCL	5979 vs 2476
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893 vs 1019

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 620 MHz
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2843 vs 1775
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 3158
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2843 vs 1775
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 3158

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 620 MHz
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2843 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2843 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329 vs 3158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

997

445

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

117

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5979

2476

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1893

1019

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1775

2843

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

3329

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1893

1019

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1775

2843

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

3329

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
PassMark - G3D Mark	997	445
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	117
Geekbench - OpenCL	5979	2476
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1775	2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158	3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1775	2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158	3329
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Opal	GF117
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	6 December 2015	9 January 2013
Place in performance rating	1203	1178
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	715 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	620 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops	297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	96
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s	12.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	585 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 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	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 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
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore