AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M 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 Quadro FX 350M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 620 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 715 MHz vs 450 MHz
9.5x more texture fill rate: 17.16 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
96x more pipelines: 384 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
22.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 997 vs 45
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 132

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 December 2015 vs 13 March 2006
Core clock speed	620 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	715 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	997 vs 45
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 132

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

997

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

132

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
PassMark - G3D Mark	997	45
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	132
Geekbench - OpenCL	5979
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M260X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Opal	G72
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	6 December 2015	13 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1203	1199
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	715 MHz	450 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	620 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384	4
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	112 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 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
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	64
Shared memory	0	no
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II