Radeon R7 M260DX vs GeForce GTS 150 OEM
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 918 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | G92 | Jet |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 10 March 2009 (16 years ago) | 7 January 2014 (11 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 | 128 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 738 MHz | 780 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 855 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 690 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 141 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 47.23 | 17.10 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.47 TFLOPS | 0.5472 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 64 | 20 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 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 | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 March 2009 | 7 January 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
R7 M260DX has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 150 OEM and Radeon R7 M260DX. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTS 150 OEM is a desktop graphics card while Radeon R7 M260DX is a notebook one.
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