Additionally, it allows audio output simultaneously and in parallel to multiple devices with the new Discrete Digital Multipoint Audio (DDMA) feature. The integrated HD audio processor is able to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g., for Blu-Ray videos). For example, the chip may be underclocked when running FurMark and OCCT, but will overclock in certain games like Lost Planet, Crysis or Resident Evil 5. PowerTune allows automatic overclocking and underclocking of the graphics card as long as the GPU is within its TDP limit. Other features include ZeroCore for reducing power consumption when the display is turned off and Power Gating to power down areas of the chip that are not used. Furthermore, the M265 can directly support multiple monitors using Eyefinity Technology if Enduro is disabled. Called Enduro, the technology supersedes AMD's Dynamic Switchable Graphics and is similar to Nvidia's Optimus.
The R7 series also supports automatic graphics switching between the integrated GPU and discrete GPU. Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos are compatible as well. Compared to old TeraScale 2 chips, the GCN-based Mars architecture offers improved performance in this framework.įeatures of the R7 M260 include video decoding for MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and Flash directly by the AMD GPU. The 384 shaders can be used with OpenCL 1.2 for general-purpose calculations (as 6 compute units). In older games, however, higher quality settings will be possible. Current and demanding games of 2013/2014 can be played fluently only in low resolutions and detail settings.
The performance of the 128 bit Radeon R7 M260 is just slightly below a GeForce 825M, while models using a 64 bit memory interface will be a bit slower. The core is clocked at up to 715 MHz (128 bit version) or 980 MHz (64 bit version) and can access up to 4 GB of DDR3 memory (1000 MHz, 2000 MHz effective). Just like the older Radeon HD 8700M and 8600M series, it is based on the Mars chip (28nm GCN architecture) with 384 shader cores, 24 TMUs and 8 ROPs. The AMD Radeon R7 M260 is a lower mid-range DirectX 11 graphics card for laptops. The Intel HD Graphics GPU in our review sample of the MS Surface 3 (Atom x7-Z8700) only supported DisplayPort 1.1 as it seems, as 4K (3840x2160) with 30 Hz was the maximum Refresh Rate we could achieve (no 60 Hz selectable with the pre-installed drivers).ĪMD Radeon R7 M260 ► remove from comparison The integrated video decoder is able to display even 4K videos (H.264 tested) fluently. For example Team Fortress 2 was running on the Surface 3 (x7-Z8700) only in lowest settings and 1280x720 fluently (11 - 69 fps range). Using Android, even high end 3D games should run fluently. In Windows, gaming is limited to less demanding or quite old games. Depending on the SoC offers 12 or 16 EUs.Ītom x7-Z8700: 16 EUs 200 - 600 MHz, dual-channel memoryĪtom x5-Z8500: 12 EUs 200 - 600 MHz, dual-channel memoryĪtom x5-Z8300: 12 EUs 200 - 500 MHz, single-channel memory Based on a Broadwell GPU (Intel Gen8) and supports DirectX 11.2. The Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) is an integrated graphics card in the Cherry-Trail SoCs (e.g. Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) ► remove from comparison