NVIDIA GRID M3-3020 vs AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M3-3020 and AMD Radeon R7 M260X 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

NVIDIA GRID M3-3020

AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M3-3020

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 620 MHz
Around 83% higher boost clock speed: 1306 MHz vs 715 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 52.24 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
3x better floating-point performance: 1,672 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
5.2x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 6 December 2015
Core clock speed	1033 MHz vs 620 MHz
Boost clock speed	1306 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.24 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,672 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M3-3020
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Name	NVIDIA GRID M3-3020	AMD Radeon R7 M260X
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	41.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	726.846
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.442
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	155.196
PassMark - G3D Mark		997
PassMark - G2D Mark		160
Geekbench - OpenCL		5688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M3-3020	AMD Radeon R7 M260X
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM107	Opal
Launch date	18 May 2016	6 December 2015
Place in performance rating	1217	1219
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1306 MHz	715 MHz
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	620 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,672 gflops	549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Texture fill rate	52.24 GTexel / s	17.16 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,040 million
Compute units		6
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB / s	64 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore