ATI 3D Rage PRO Turbo PCI vs Radeon R7 M260X
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 824 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | no data |
| GPU code name | Opal | Rage Pro Turbo |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 6 December 2015 (9 years ago) | 1 March 1997 (27 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 cores | 384 | no data |
| Compute units | 6 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 620 MHz | 75 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 715 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 950 million | 8 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 350 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 17.16 | 0.08 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.5491 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 1 |
| TMUs | 24 | 1 |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x8 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCI |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 75 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 600 MB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x DB13W3 |
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.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 6.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | None |
| Mantle | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 December 2015 | 1 March 1997 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 350 nm |
R7 M260X has an age advantage of 18 years, a 51100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1150% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M260X and 3D Rage PRO Turbo PCI. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R7 M260X is a notebook card while 3D Rage PRO Turbo PCI is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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