NVIDIA GeForce 825M vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 825M and AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 825M

AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 825M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 85 Watt

Launch date	27 January 2014 vs 21 December 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 85 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 30.11 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 896 vs 384
2.7x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
3.6x more memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3182 vs 782
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 30.11 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3182 vs 782
PassMark - G2D Mark	586 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 825M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

3182

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

586

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 825M	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	782	3182
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	586
Geekbench - OpenCL	15796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1980

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 825M	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GK208	Bonaire
Launch date	27 January 2014	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	790	573
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	941 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	896
Texture fill rate	30.11 GTexel / s	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	1300 Million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		183 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	6500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0