Radeon RX Vega Mobile vs R7 M260X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking824not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameOpalVega Mobile
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 December 2015 (9 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 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 cores3841792
Compute units6no data
Core clock speed620 MHzno data
Boost clock speed715 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data90 Watt
Texture fill rate17.16no data
Floating-point processing power0.5491 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs24no data

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 sizedmedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data
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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth64 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

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_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.3no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 December 2015 7 January 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

RX Vega Mobile has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M260X and Radeon RX Vega Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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