GeForce GTX 260M SLI vs Radeon R7 M370

Place in performance ranking	671	704
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.21	0.93
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Litho	NB9E-GTX
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 May 2015 (8 years old)	2 March 2009 (15 years old)
Current price	$875	$149

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 260M SLI has 343% better value for money than R7 M370.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	224
Core clock speed	875 MHz	550 MHz
Boost clock speed	960 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	690 million	1508 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	23.04	no data
Floating-point performance	737.3 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 M370 and GeForce GTX 260M SLI compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data

Memory

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	950 MHz
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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	no data
Eyefinity	1	no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	+	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
DualGraphics	1	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	10
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	Not Listed	no data
Mantle	+	no data
CUDA	no data	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 M370 3.66
+13%

GTX 260M SLI 3.24

Radeon R7 M370 outperforms GeForce GTX 260M SLI by 13% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R7 M370 8513

GTX 260M SLI 8959
+5.2%

GeForce GTX 260M SLI outperforms Radeon R7 M370 by 5% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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 HD

14
+16.7%

12−14

−16.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8
+16.7%

6−7

−16.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +7.7%	12−14 −7.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Hitman 3	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +7.7%	12−14 −7.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Hitman 3	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1

This is how R7 M370 and GTX 260M SLI compete in popular games:

R7 M370 is 16.7% faster than GTX 260M SLI in 1080p

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the R7 M370 is 100% faster than the GTX 260M SLI.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 260M SLI is 16.7% faster than the R7 M370.

All in all, in popular games: