AMD Radeon Vega 3 vs AMD Radeon R7 M260DX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 3 and AMD Radeon R7 M260DX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support. 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 Vega 3

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 940 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 890 vs 817
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 306 vs 195
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1412 vs 1047
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2111 vs 1019
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3174 vs 2165
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1412 vs 1047
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2111 vs 1019
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3174 vs 2165
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 12 October 2014
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 940 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 890 vs 817
PassMark - G2D Mark 306 vs 195
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1412 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2111 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3174 vs 2165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1412 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2111 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3174 vs 2165

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260DX

  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18010 vs 3933
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 18010 vs 3933

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 3
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M260DX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
890
817
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
306
195
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3933
18010
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1412
1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2111
1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3174
2165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1412
1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2111
1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3174
2165
Name AMD Radeon Vega 3 AMD Radeon R7 M260DX
PassMark - G3D Mark 890 817
PassMark - G2D Mark 306 195
Geekbench - OpenCL 3933 18010
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 183.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1412 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2111 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3174 2165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1412 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2111 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3174 2165
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 418

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 3 AMD Radeon R7 M260DX

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Owl Topaz
Launch date 13 February 2018 12 October 2014
Place in performance rating 1264 1267
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 940 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 925 MHz
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 192
Texture fill rate 12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP IGP
Supplementary power connectors None

Memory

Memory type System Shared

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5