AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 625 MHz
6.2x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
18.7x more pipelines: 896 vs 48
15.1x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 130.56 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
9.8x more memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 666 MHz
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 508 vs 249
12.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3048 vs 251

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 3 September 2010
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 48
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 130.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	508 vs 249
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048 vs 251

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 85 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

508

249

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3048

251

Name	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	508	249
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048	251
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1980

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Bonaire	GT216
Launch date	21 December 2013	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	665	667
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	130.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	896	48
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	486 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	183 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	104.0 GB / s	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3