Radeon R7 240 vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 M260, which features a GPU core clock speed of 715 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 384 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R7 240		1218 points
Radeon R7 M260		1120 points
	Difference: 98 (9%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 240, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 M260 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 12800 (80%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260 will be a bit (about 18%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2560 (18%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 240 will be a bit (approximately 2%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M260, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 120 (2%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.