AMD Radeon R7 M260
VS
NVIDIA NVS 315
AMD Radeon R7 M260
VS
NVIDIA NVS 315

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA NVS 315. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

890
Place in performance rating
939
0.62
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
Fermi 2.0
Topaz
Code name
GF119
Laptop
Type
Desktop
7 January 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
10 March 2013 (8 years ago)
$799
Launch price (MSRP)
$159
$430 (0.5x MSRP)
Price now
$343 (2.2x MSRP)
0.04
Value for money
0.03
Opal Pro / Mars
GPU code name
GF119
Laptop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA NVS 315 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
48
715 MHz
Core clock speed
523 MHz
980 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,550 million
Transistor count
292 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
19 Watt
23.52
Texture fill rate
4.184
721.9 gflops
Floating-point performance
100.4 gflops
6
Compute units
no data
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
980 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,550 million
Number of transistors
292 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
19 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA NVS 315.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
no data
Length
145 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
no data
PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA NVS 315 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1750 MHz
32 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
14 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA NVS 315, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DMS-59

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA NVS 315 is the additional functionality.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA NVS 315. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.3
OpenGL
4.6
6.3
Shader Model
no data
2.0
OpenCL
no data
+
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA NVS 315 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R7 M260 or NVIDIA NVS 315 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M260
NVIDIA NVS 315
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M260
NVIDIA NVS 315
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M260
NVIDIA NVS 315
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M260
NVIDIA NVS 315
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M260
NVIDIA NVS 315
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 M260

0.42% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (32 GB/s vs 14 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA NVS 315

Cheaper ($343 (2.2x MSRP) vs $430 (0.5x MSRP))

So, AMD Radeon R7 M260 or NVIDIA NVS 315?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R7 M260 .

AMD Radeon R7 M260 versus NVIDIA NVS 315 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R7 M260
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA NVS 315