Radeon HD 6870M vs R7 M260

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1030not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameTopazGranville
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 June 2014 (10 years ago)4 January 2011 (13 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 cores384800
Compute units6no data
Core clock speed940 MHz675 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate23.5227.00
Floating-point processing power0.7526 TFLOPS1.08 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs2440

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 sizedlarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8MXM-B (3.0)
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 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s64 GB/s
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 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 compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1211.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.0
OpenGL4.34.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan-N/A
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 June 2014 4 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

R7 M260 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M260 and Radeon HD 6870M. We've got no test results to judge.


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