AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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 950M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later

Launch date	6 December 2015 vs 13 March 2015

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 620 MHz
Around 57% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 715 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
2.6x better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2587 vs 997
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 216 vs 168
Around 59% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9507 vs 5979
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 1893
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 1775
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3158
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 1893
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 1775
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3158

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	914 MHz vs 620 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2587 vs 997
PassMark - G2D Mark	216 vs 168
Geekbench - OpenCL	9507 vs 5979
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4148 vs 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4148 vs 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

997

2587

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

216

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5979

9507

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1893

4148

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1775

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1893

4148

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1775

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

3358

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
PassMark - G3D Mark	997	2587
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	216
Geekbench - OpenCL	5979	9507
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893	4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1775	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893	4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1775	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	3350
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		139.158

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell
Code name	Opal	GM107
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	6 December 2015	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	1202	863
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	715 MHz	1124 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	620 MHz	914 MHz
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops	1,439 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	640
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s	44.96 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support		1
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	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 or GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI