Radeon R8 M535DX vs GRID K260Q
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GRID K260Q with Radeon R8 M535DX, including specs and performance data.
K260Q outperforms R8 M535DX by a whopping 341% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 592 | 997 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.40 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.41 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | Meso |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 28 June 2013 (12 years ago) | 18 April 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $937 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1536 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 745 MHz | 780 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 891 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 95.36 | 17.82 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.289 TFLOPS | 0.5702 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 128 | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 80 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 128 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | IGP |
| Width | IGP | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.05 | 1.60 |
| Recency | 28 June 2013 | 18 April 2017 |
GRID K260Q has a 340.6% higher aggregate performance score.
R8 M535DX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years.
The GRID K260Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R8 M535DX in performance tests.
Be aware that GRID K260Q is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R8 M535DX is a notebook one.
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