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).

AMD Radeon R7 M260X

NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

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 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1238 vs 994
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 162
3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19809 vs 5753

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 994
PassMark - G2D Mark	305 vs 162
Geekbench - OpenCL	19809 vs 5753

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

994

1238

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

162

305

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5753

19809

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
PassMark - G3D Mark	994	1238
PassMark - G2D Mark	162	305
Geekbench - OpenCL	5753	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
Essentials
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	1209	1211
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
Memory
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
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore