GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile vs Radeon R7 M260

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 M260 and GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 M260
2014
4 GB DDR3
1.31

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms R7 M260 by a whopping 2747% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1032127
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiencyno data22.22
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTopazGA104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 June 2014 (10 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 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 cores3845120
Compute units6no data
Core clock speed940 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data125 Watt
Texture fill rate23.52249.6
Floating-point processing power0.7526 TFLOPS15.97 TFLOPS
ROPs880
TMUs24160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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 sizedlarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s448.0 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® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan-1.2
Mantle+-
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R7 M260 1.31
RTX 3070 Mobile 37.29
+2747%

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 503
RTX 3070 Mobile 14364
+2756%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R7 M260 1897
RTX 3070 Mobile 33996
+1692%

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
RTX 3070 Mobile 77148
+1322%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R7 M260 1067
RTX 3070 Mobile 25478
+2288%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R7 M260 5603
RTX 3070 Mobile 136558
+2337%

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 HD13
−792%
116
+792%
1440p2−3
−3600%
74
+3600%
4K1−2
−4400%
45
+4400%

Cost per frame, $

1080p61.46no data
1440p399.50no data
4K799.00no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2875%
119
+2875%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1217%
75−80
+1217%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1800%
75−80
+1800%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2575%
107
+2575%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8000%
80−85
+8000%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−3000%
90−95
+3000%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−9200%
180−190
+9200%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1800%
114
+1800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−1021%
150−160
+1021%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−4300%
85−90
+4300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−1588%
130−140
+1588%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−282%
120−130
+282%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−3033%
188
+3033%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1800%
75−80
+1800%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2100%
88
+2100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8000%
80−85
+8000%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−3000%
90−95
+3000%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−9200%
180−190
+9200%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1667%
106
+1667%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−1021%
150−160
+1021%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−3950%
81
+3950%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−2188%
183
+2188%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−600%
75−80
+600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−448%
181
+448%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1217%
75−80
+1217%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1800%
75−80
+1800%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1750%
74
+1750%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8000%
80−85
+8000%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−8250%
167
+8250%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1533%
98
+1533%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−843%
132
+843%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−2000%
168
+2000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3
−3033%
94
+3033%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−81.8%
60
+81.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−4000%
82
+4000%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−7000%
70−75
+7000%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−2750%
55−60
+2750%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−3900%
40−45
+3900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 40−45
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−4600%
47
+4600%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4200%
40−45
+4200%
Hitman 3 7−8
−871%
68
+871%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−2700%
112
+2700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 50−55
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−2550%
159
+2550%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1725%
73
+1725%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 30−35

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−2400%
24−27
+2400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−3200%
33
+3200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 21−24
Far Cry 5 0−1 21−24

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1367%
44
+1367%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 91
+0%
91
+0%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 76
+0%
76
+0%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Metro Exodus 143
+0%
143
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 68
+0%
68
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+0%
53
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Metro Exodus 91
+0%
91
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 125
+0%
125
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Hitman 3 38
+0%
38
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 119
+0%
119
+0%
Metro Exodus 71
+0%
71
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 64
+0%
64
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 22
+0%
22
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 93
+0%
93
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 71
+0%
71
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27
+0%
27
+0%

This is how R7 M260 and RTX 3070 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 792% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 3600% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 4400% faster in 4K

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3070 Mobile is 9200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is ahead in 47 tests (70%)
  • there's a draw in 20 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.31 37.29
Recency 11 June 2014 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

RTX 3070 Mobile has a 2746.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M260 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon R7 M260
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