Radeon R6 M340DX vs GeForce GTX 260M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 260M and Radeon R6 M340DX, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 260M
2009
1 GB GDDR3, 65 Watt
0.98

R6 M340DX outperforms GTX 260M by a whopping 191% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1111791
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.03no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameG92Jet
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 March 2009 (15 years ago)12 December 2015 (9 years ago)

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 cores112384
Core clock speed550 MHz955 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1030 MHz
Number of transistors754 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data
Texture fill rate30.8024.72
Floating-point processing power0.308 TFLOPS0.791 TFLOPS
Gigaflops462no data
ROPs168
TMUs5624

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).

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
SLI options2-way-
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno 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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedUp to 950 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth61 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMINo outputs
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD29
+222%
9
−222%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Hitman 3 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−69.2%
21−24
+69.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−21.9%
35−40
+21.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Hitman 3 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−69.2%
21−24
+69.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−21.9%
35−40
+21.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Hitman 3 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−69.2%
21−24
+69.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+233%
3
−233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−21.9%
35−40
+21.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 2−3
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−325%
16−18
+325%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 0−1 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how GTX 260M and R6 M340DX compete in popular games:

  • GTX 260M is 222% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 260M is 233% faster.
  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R6 M340DX is 600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 260M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • R6 M340DX is ahead in 41 test (73%)
  • there's a draw in 14 tests (25%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.98 2.85
Recency 3 March 2009 12 December 2015
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm

R6 M340DX has a 190.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R6 M340DX is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 260M in performance tests.


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