GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition vs Radeon R7 M260

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1077not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameTopazGK104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 June 2014 (11 years ago)23 October 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores3841536
Compute units6no data
Core clock speed940 MHz719 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data122 Watt
Texture fill rate23.5292.03
Floating-point processing power0.7526 TFLOPS2.209 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs24128
L1 Cache96 KB128 KB
L2 Cache128 KB512 KB

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 sizedno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s160.0 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

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 and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
Mantle+-
CUDA-3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 June 2014 23 October 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB

R7 M260 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M260 and GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

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