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).

 

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 574 576
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