AMD Radeon R9 M385X vs AMD Radeon R7 260

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M385X and AMD Radeon R7 260 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 R9 M385X

AMD Radeon R7 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
Around 28% better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 17 December 2013
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 768
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 1500 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 267
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2892 vs 1994

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	559 vs 267
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892 vs 1994

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M385X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

267

559

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1994

2892

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M385X	AMD Radeon R7 260
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4079
PassMark - G2D Mark	267	559
PassMark - G3D Mark	1994	2892
Geekbench - OpenCL	49760
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		240.395

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M385X	AMD Radeon R7 260
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Strato	Bonaire
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	17 December 2013
Place in performance rating	573	575
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		44.11
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	768
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	48 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	2,080 million
Stream Processors		896
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		115 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	104 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1625 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
DDMA audio