NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs AMD Radeon R7 260

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and AMD Radeon R7 260. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GM107GPU NameBonaire
N16P-GX-A1Model numberBonaire PRO
MaxwellArchitectureGCN 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
1,870 millionTransistors2,080 million
148 mm²Die Size160 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 13th, 2015Release DateDec 17th, 2013
GeForce 900MFamilyVolcanic Islands
(R7 200)
ActiveProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 800MPredecessorSea Islands
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

4 GBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
128 bitMemory Bus128 bit
80.19 GB/sBandwidth96.00 GB/s

Performance

18.82 GPixel/sPixel fillrate16.00 GPixel/s
47.04 GTexel/sTexture fillrate48.00 GTexel/s
1.505 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance1.536 TFLOPS
47.04 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance96.00 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Render Config

640Shading Units768
40TMUs48
16ROPs16
64 KB (per SMM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
2 MBL2 Cache256 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
75 WThermal design power (TDP)95 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
E2704 SKU 10Board NumberC582

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX12 (12_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL2.0
1.1Vulkan1.2
5.1Shader Model6.3