NVIDIA GeForce 820M vs AMD Radeon R7 M260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 820M and AMD Radeon R7 M260 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: 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 820M

AMD Radeon R7 M260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 820M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 161.305 vs 145.3
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1447 vs 1093
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 1704
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1447 vs 1093
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 1704

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 March 2015 vs 11 June 2014
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	161.305 vs 145.3
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1447 vs 1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1447 vs 1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 1704

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 940 MHz vs 810 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 22.56 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
3x better floating-point performance: 721.9 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 504 vs 494
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 121 vs 113
Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5119 vs 2775
Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 14.249 vs 7.765
Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.925 vs 0.686
Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 19.992 vs 14.257
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 77.895 vs 22.768
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1404 vs 1195
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1404 vs 1195

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	940 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate	22.56 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 96
Floating-point performance	721.9 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	504 vs 494
PassMark - G2D Mark	121 vs 113
Geekbench - OpenCL	5119 vs 2775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.249 vs 7.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.925 vs 0.686
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.992 vs 14.257
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	77.895 vs 22.768
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1404 vs 1195
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1404 vs 1195

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 820M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

504

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

121

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

5119

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.765

14.249

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

161.305

145.3

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.686

0.925

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14.257

19.992

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22.768

77.895

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1195

1404

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1447

1093

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

1704

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1195

1404

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1447

1093

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

1704

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 820M	AMD Radeon R7 M260
PassMark - G3D Mark	494	504
PassMark - G2D Mark	113	121
Geekbench - OpenCL	2775	5119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.765	14.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	161.305	145.3
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.686	0.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	14.257	19.992
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	22.768	77.895
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1195	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1447	1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1195	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1447	1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	1704
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	847

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 820M	AMD Radeon R7 M260
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 3.0
Code name	GK107	Topaz
Launch date	21 March 2015	11 June 2014
Place in performance rating	1475	1485
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Price now		$799
Value for money (0-100)		1.33
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	940 MHz
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops	721.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	96	384
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	22.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	3,100 million
Boost clock speed		980 MHz
Compute units		6
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	32 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore