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    GeForce GTX 560M vs Radeon R7 M260

    GeForce GTX 560M
    Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 30 May 2011
    GeForce GTX 560M
    Radeon R7 M260
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 11 Jun 2014
    Radeon R7 M260

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 560M
      112%
    • Radeon R7 M260
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560M

    Around 12% higher average synthetic performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider Radeon R7 M260

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Mantle
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 560M

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 560M

    The GeForce GTX 560M is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 560MRadeon R7 M260
    GPU NameGF116 (N12E-GS-A1)vsTopaz (Topaz XT)
    Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size238 mm²vs77 mm²
    Transistors1,170 millionvsunknown
    Shaders192vs384
    Compute Units4vs6
    Core clock775 MHzvs940 MHz
    ROPs24vs8
    TMUs32vs24

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 560MRadeon R7 M260
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed625 MHz
    2500 MHz effective    		vs900 MHz
    3600 MHz effective
    Memory Size1536 Mbvs1024 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 560MRadeon R7 M260
    TDP75 wattsvs0 watts
    Release Date30 May 2011vs11 Jun 2014

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 560M
      6.20 GP/s
    • Radeon R7 M260
      7.52 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 560M
      24.80 GT/s
    • Radeon R7 M260
      22.56 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 560M
      60.00 GB/s
    • Radeon R7 M260
      57.60 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 560M
      595.20 GFLOPs
    • Radeon R7 M260
      721.90 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 560M
      2110
    • Radeon R7 M260
      1880

    Points (higher is better)

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