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

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon R7 M260  vs  NVIDIA NVS 315.

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

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R7 M260  vs  NVIDIA NVS 315 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA NVS 315 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon R7 M260 vs NVIDIA NVS 315.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R7 M260 vs NVIDIA NVS 315.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DMS-59

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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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 confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R7 M260 and NVIDIA NVS 315 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

2.6 Out of 41 Hitesti Score
4.7 Out of 17 Hitesti Score