AMD Radeon R7 M260X
VS
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
AMD Radeon R7 M260X
VS
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R7 M260X and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

666
Place in performance rating
not rated
GCN
Architecture
Pascal
Opal
Code name
no data
Laptop
Type
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7 January 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
21 May 2018 (3 years ago)
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Price now
$1400
Mars
GPU code name
GP107
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R7 M260X and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
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715 MHz
Core clock speed
1392 MHz
715 MHz
Boost Clock
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950 million
Transistor count
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28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
17.16
Texture fill rate
72.86
549.1 gflops
Floating-point performance
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6
Compute units
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384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
715 MHz
Boost clock speed
1518 MHz
950 million
Number of transistors
3,300 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R7 M260X and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
145 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
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PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support
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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 M260X and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
96 Bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7008 MHz
64 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
84.1 GB/s
-
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R7 M260X and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R7 M260X and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
6.1
-
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
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R7 M260X and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.3
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
2.0
OpenCL
1.2
+
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R7 M260X and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB 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 M260X or GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
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 M260X

6.19% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 3 GB)

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More memory bandwidth (84.1 GB/s vs 64 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R7 M260X or GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R7 M260X .

AMD Radeon R7 M260X versus GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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