AMD Radeon R7 260X vs NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

Compare AMD Radeon R7 260X 2 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce 920MX, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

779 points

265% significantly better overall score

213 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

19 FPS

14 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

4 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

11 FPS

8 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

3 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

16 FPS

14 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

3 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

6 FPS

3 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

3 FPS

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Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1100 MHz

13% slightly higher core clock speed

965 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1000 MHz

0.70% slightly higher boost clock speed

993 MHz

Memory Bus Width

Number of parallel lines to the memory chips

128 Bit

100% significantly larger memory bus width

64 Bit

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer speed between GPU core and memory

104 GB/s

622% significantly higher memory bandwidth

14.4 GB/s

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

115 W

16 W

618% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

17.6 Gigapixels/s

121% significantly higher pixel rate

7.94 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

61.6 Gigatexels/s

158% significantly higher texture rate

23.83 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

896

250% significantly more shading units

256

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

133% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

100% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

284th of 586

417th of 586

Family

The product line

Radeon R7 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DDR3

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.4

4.6

Radeon R7 260X vs GeForce 920MX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark, the Radeon R7 260X GPU is faster than the GeForce 920MX in gaming.

Our database shows that the Radeon R7 260X has a slightly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. In addition, the Radeon R7 260X also has a slightly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the GeForce 920MX has a significantly lower TDP at 16 W when compared to the Radeon R7 260X at 115 W. TDP (Thermal Design Power) measures total heat output from the chip.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Radeon R7 260X over the GeForce 920MX.