AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A 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 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
| Launch date | 6 December 2015 vs 26 August 2013 |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
- Around 35% higher core clock speed: 837 MHz vs 620 MHz
- Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 26.78 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
- Around 17% better floating-point performance: 642.8 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
- Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1238 vs 997
- Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 160
- 3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19809 vs 5688
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 837 MHz vs 620 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 26.78 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 642.8 gflops vs 549.1 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1238 vs 997 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 305 vs 160 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 19809 vs 5688 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
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| Name | AMD Radeon R7 M260X | NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 997 | 1238 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 160 | 305 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 5688 | 19809 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1893 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1775 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3158 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1893 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1775 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3158 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 12.446 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 278.161 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.883 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 14.778 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 25.74 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R7 M260X | NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Kepler |
| Code name | Opal | GK107 |
| Design | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series | |
| Launch date | 6 December 2015 | 26 August 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 1219 | 1221 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 715 MHz | |
| Compute units | 6 | |
| Core clock speed | 620 MHz | 837 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 549.1 gflops | 642.8 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 384 | 384 |
| Texture fill rate | 17.16 GTexel / s | 26.78 GTexel / s |
| Transistor count | 1,040 million | 1,270 million |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_0) |
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| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 28.8 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| PCIe 3.0 | ||
| PowerTune | ||
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| Zero Core | ||
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