GeForce 9300M GS vs Radeon R7 M260

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1025not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameTopazG98
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 June 2014 (10 years ago)4 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3848
Compute units6no data
Core clock speed940 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data13 Watt
Texture fill rate23.524.400
Floating-point processing power0.7526 TFLOPS0.0224 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data34
ROPs84
TMUs248

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8MXM-I
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s11.2 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1211.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.34.0
OpenGL4.33.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan-N/A
Mantle+-
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



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.

R7 M260 499
+399%
9300M GS 100

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

R7 M260 5425
+1932%
9300M GS 267

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 June 2014 4 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm

R7 M260 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M260 and GeForce 9300M GS. We've got no test results to judge.


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