AMD Radeon R7 M460 vs AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M460 and AMD Radeon R7 M260X 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, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M460

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 77% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 620 MHz
  • Around 57% higher boost clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 715 MHz
  • Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 27 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
  • Around 57% better floating-point performance: 864.0 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1043 vs 988
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 200 vs 161
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2294 vs 1893
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2294 vs 1893
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 6 December 2015
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 620 MHz
Boost clock speed 1125 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1043 vs 988
PassMark - G2D Mark 200 vs 161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2294 vs 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2294 vs 1893

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5753 vs 4999
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3158 vs 2772
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3158 vs 2772
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5753 vs 4999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1775 vs 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 vs 2772
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1775 vs 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 vs 2772

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M460
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M260X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1043
988
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
200
161
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4999
5753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2294
1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1767
1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2772
3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2294
1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1767
1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2772
3158
Name AMD Radeon R7 M460 AMD Radeon R7 M260X
PassMark - G3D Mark 1043 988
PassMark - G2D Mark 200 161
Geekbench - OpenCL 4999 5753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 358.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.168
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2294 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1767 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2772 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2294 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1767 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2772 3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M460 AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Meso Opal
Launch date 15 May 2016 6 December 2015
Place in performance rating 1229 1230
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1125 MHz 715 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 620 MHz
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops 549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s 17.16 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,040 million
Compute units 6

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.3
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 64 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1000 MHz
Shared memory 0 0
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore