ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI vs R7 M260

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1028not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameTopazRV100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 June 2014 (10 years ago)14 March 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores384no data
Compute units6no data
Core clock speed940 MHz183 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data23 Watt
Texture fill rate23.520.55
Floating-point processing power0.7526 TFLOPSno data
ROPs81
TMUs243

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 x8PCI
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz183 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s2.928 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

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® 127.0
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.31.3
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan-N/A
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 June 2014 14 March 2004
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm

R7 M260 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M260 and Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 M260 is a notebook card while Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI is a desktop one.


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