AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 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 GTX 460M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 17.16 GTexel / s vs 16.1 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
Around 6% better floating-point performance: 549.1 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
Around 40% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5753 vs 4119
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1893 vs 1699
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1893 vs 1699

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 December 2015 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s vs 16.1 billion / sec
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1536 MB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5753 vs 4119
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893 vs 1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893 vs 1699

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

2.2x more core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 620 MHz
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1216 vs 988
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 161
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2837 vs 1775
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3158
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2837 vs 1775
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3158

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1350 MHz vs 620 MHz
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1216 vs 988
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2837 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2837 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 3158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

1216

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

161

258

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5753

4119

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1893

1699

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1775

2837

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1893

1699

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1775

2837

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

3349

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
PassMark - G3D Mark	988	1216
PassMark - G2D Mark	161	258
Geekbench - OpenCL	5753	4119
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893	1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1775	2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893	1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1775	2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		11.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		391.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		32.965

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Opal	GF106
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	6 December 2015	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1230	1233
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	715 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	620 MHz	1350 MHz
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops	518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	192
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s	16.1 billion / sec
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,170 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		50 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	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	12 API with Feature Level 12.1
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI