Radeon 740M vs R7 M260

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 M260 with Radeon 740M, including specs and performance data.

R7 M260
2014
4 GB DDR3
1.30

740M outperforms R7 M260 by a whopping 518% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1061545
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiencyno data12.74
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025)
GPU code nameTopazPhoenix2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 June 2014 (10 years ago)31 January 2024 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores384256
Compute units6no data
Core clock speed940 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHz2800 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 million20,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rate23.5244.80
Floating-point processing power0.7526 TFLOPS2.867 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs2416
Ray Tracing Coresno data4

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 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP
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 typeDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 outputsMotherboard Dependent

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 compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.8
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan-1.3
Mantle+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

R7 M260 1.30
Radeon 740M 8.04
+518%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R7 M260 519
Radeon 740M 3200
+517%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R7 M260 1897
Radeon 740M 6932
+265%

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.

R7 M260 5425
Radeon 740M 24621
+354%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R7 M260 1067
Radeon 740M 4843
+354%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R7 M260 5603
Radeon 740M 30557
+445%

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 HD13
−61.5%
21
+61.5%

Cost per frame, $

1080p61.46no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Dead Island 2 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−3300%
30−35
+3300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Dead Island 2 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%
Fortnite 3−4
−1467%
45−50
+1467%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−2200%
21−24
+2200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−211%
27−30
+211%
Valorant 30−35
−142%
80−85
+142%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−3300%
30−35
+3300%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 27−30
−324%
120−130
+324%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Dead Island 2 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Dota 2 16−18
−488%
100−105
+488%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%
Fortnite 3−4
−1467%
45−50
+1467%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−2200%
21−24
+2200%
Grand Theft Auto V 0−1 27
Metro Exodus 2−3
−650%
14−16
+650%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−211%
27−30
+211%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4
−400%
20−22
+400%
Valorant 30−35
−142%
80−85
+142%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−3300%
30−35
+3300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Dead Island 2 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Dota 2 16−18
−488%
100−105
+488%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−211%
27−30
+211%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3
−567%
20−22
+567%
Valorant 30−35
−142%
80−85
+142%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
−1467%
45−50
+1467%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
−1200%
12−14
+1200%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 8−9
−650%
60−65
+650%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−400%
40−45
+400%
Valorant 5−6
−1680%
85−90
+1680%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Dead Island 2 4−5
−225%
12−14
+225%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1500%
16−18
+1500%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−533%
18−20
+533%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−450%
10−12
+450%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%

4K
High Preset

Dead Island 2 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−18.8%
18−20
+18.8%
Valorant 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 2−3
Dead Island 2 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Dota 2 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 73
+0%
73
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 60
+0%
60
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 26
+0%
26
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

This is how R7 M260 and Radeon 740M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 740M is 62% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 740M is 3300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 740M is ahead in 48 tests (81%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (19%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.30 8.04
Recency 11 June 2014 31 January 2024
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm

Radeon 740M has a 518.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 740M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M260 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 M260 is a notebook card while Radeon 740M is a desktop one.

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