AMD Radeon Vega 3 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 3 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support, 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.

AMD Radeon Vega 3

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 3

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 71% higher pipelines: 192 vs 112
Around 25% better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 308 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 889 vs 381
7.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 303 vs 41
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3174 vs 3085
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3174 vs 3085

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 February 2018 vs 3 March 2009
Pipelines	192 vs 112
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 308 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	889 vs 381
PassMark - G2D Mark	303 vs 41
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3174 vs 3085
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3174 vs 3085

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

4.6x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 31 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 3
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

889

381

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

303

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3174

3085

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3174

3085

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 3	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
PassMark - G3D Mark	889	381
PassMark - G2D Mark	303	41
Geekbench - OpenCL	3963
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3174	3085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3174	3085
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	418

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 3	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Tesla
Code name	Owl	G92
Launch date	13 February 2018	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1267	1457
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1375 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	308 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	192	112
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	31 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Gigaflops		462
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		61 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Shared memory		0
API support
DirectX		10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD