AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX 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 Go 7800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 620 MHz vs 440 MHz
Around 63% higher boost clock speed: 715 MHz vs 440 MHz
Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 17.16 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 997 vs 210
5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3158 vs 575
5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3158 vs 575

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 December 2015 vs 29 September 2005
Core clock speed	620 MHz vs 440 MHz
Boost clock speed	715 MHz vs 440 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	997 vs 210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158 vs 575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158 vs 575

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 239 vs 168

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	239 vs 168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

997

210

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

239

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

575

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

575

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	997	210
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	239
Geekbench - OpenCL	5979
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158	575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158	575
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Opal	G70
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	6 December 2015	29 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1203	1200
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	715 MHz	440 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	620 MHz	440 MHz
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	384	24
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s	10.56 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	302 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		65 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 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	550 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore